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Honoré Gaspard de Coriolis

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Nationality
  
French

Religion
  
Roman Catholic

Name
  
Honore-Gaspard Coriolis


Born
  
1735
Aix-en-Provence, France

Died
  
May 14, 1824 Paris, France

Occupation
  
Clerical advisor Church cleric Historian

Honoré-Gaspard de Coriolis (1735–1824) was a French Roman Catholic cleric and historian.

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Early life

Honoré-Gaspard de Coriolis was born in 1735 in Aix-en-Provence.

Career

He served as a clerical Advisor to the Parliament of Aix-en-Provence.

A Jesuit, he served as Vicar general of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mende. Later, he served as a canon in Notre Dame de Paris, the Roman Catholic cathedral in Paris.

In his writings, he explained that Provence during the Ancien Régime was linked to the Kingdom of France without being its subaltern.

Death

He died on May 14, 1824 in Paris. His nephew was Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis (1792-1843).

References

Honoré-Gaspard de Coriolis Wikipedia