Honoré-Gaspard de Coriolis (1735–1824) was a French Roman Catholic cleric and historian.
Biography
Early life Honoré-Gaspard de Coriolis was born in 1735 in Aix-en-Provence.Robert Reboul, Anonymes, pseudonymes et supercheries littéraires de la Provence ancienne et moderne, Slatkine, 1973, p. 25
Career He served as a clerical advisor to the Parlement of Aix-en-Provence.Charles de L'Escalopier, J. F. Delion, Arthur Forgeais, Anatole de Montaiglon, Catalogue de la bibliothèque de m. le cte Charles de L'Escalopier, J. F. Delion, 1866, p. 309 Augustin Roux, Marie-Christine Trouillet, Fonds du Parlement de Provence, A. Robert, 1983, p. 1773
A Jesuit, he served as vicar general of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mende.Pierre Moinot, La Cour des comptes, Editions du Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 1984, p. 251 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.Michel Calapodis, Les Grecs à Marseille : minorité ethnique ou nation en diaspora ?, Editions L'Harmattan, 2012, p. 46
Death He died on 14 May 1824 in Paris. His nephew was Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis (1792–1843).
Bibliography Traité sur l'administration du comté de Provence (Aix-en-Provence: Imprimerie de Vve A. Adibert, 1786-1788, 3 volumes).Google Books Dissertation sur les états de Provence (Aix-en-Provence: Remondet-Aubin, 1867).Google Books
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