Isaac Preston Cory
Isaac Preston Cory was a British antiquarian who compiled ancient fragments and published them in a compendium called Cory's Ancient Fragments.
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.He died in Blundeston in 1842.
Works
- Cory's Ancient Fragments
- Metaphysical inquiry into method, objects, and result of ancient and modern philosophy
- Chronological inquiry into the ancient history of Egypt
- Mythological inquiry into the recondite theology of the heathens
- ''A practical treatise on accounts, exhibiting a view of the discrepancies between the practice of the law and of merchants''