Isaac Preston Cory

Isaac Preston Cory
Born1802
Died1 April 1842
Blundeston, Suffolk
Alma materCaius College, Cambridge
OccupationAntiquarian
Known forThe compendium: Cory's Ancient Fragments

Isaac Preston Cory (1802–1842) was a British antiquarian who compiled ancient fragments and published them in a compendium called Cory's Ancient Fragments (1826, revised 1832).

Career

Cory was a Fellow of Caius College, having obtained a master's degree in law in 1827. He soon after became a professional barrister, but also was an antiquarian and book collector.[1] He was a personal friend of Thomas Taylor and through him obtained ancient fragments from classical neoplatonists which he added to his compendium of ancient fragments.

He died in Blundeston in 1842.[2]

Works

  • Cory's Ancient Fragments (1826; revised 1832)
  • Metaphysical inquiry into method, objects, and result of ancient and modern philosophy (1833)
  • Chronological inquiry into the ancient history of Egypt (1837)
  • Mythological inquiry into the recondite theology of the heathens (1837)
  • A practical treatise on accounts, exhibiting a view of the discrepancies between the practice of the law and of merchants (1939)

References

  1. ^ Ancient Fragments, Isaac Preston Cory, Wizard, Secret Reference Doctrine Series, 1975 "Notes of the Wizard Edition" (biography of Cory).
  2. ^ "Cory, Isaac Preston" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 12. 1887. p. 258.


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