title: Isaac Preston Cory
text: # Isaac Preston Cory
  
  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. 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 (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)
  