Occupation Antiquarian | Name Isaac Cory | |
Known for The compendium: Cory's Ancient Fragments Died 1842, Blundeston, United Kingdom Books Ancient Fragments of the Phoenician, Chaldaean, Egyptian, Tyrian, Carthaginian, Judian, Persian, and other Writers | ||
Isaac Preston Cory (1802–1842) was an antiquarian who compiled ancient fragments and published them in a compendium called Cory's Ancient Fragments (1826, revised 1832).
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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. 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.
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 ínquiry 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)