Isaac Preston Cory | |
Birth Date: | 1802 |
Death Date: | 1 April 1842 |
Death Place: | Blundeston, Suffolk |
Known For: | The compendium: Cory's Ancient Fragments |
Alma Mater: | Caius College, Cambridge |
Occupation: | Antiquarian |
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).
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]