Honoré-Gaspard de Coriolis

Honoré-Gaspard de Coriolis
Born	1735 Aix-en-Provence, France
Died	14 May 1824 Paris, France
Nationality	French
Occupation(s)	Clerical advisor Church cleric Historian

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.^[1]

Career

He served as a clerical advisor to the Parlement of Aix-en-Provence.^[2][3]

A Jesuit, he served as vicar general of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mende.^[1][4] Later, he served as a canon in Notre-Dame de Paris, the Roman Catholic cathedral in Paris.^[1][2]

In his writings, he explained that Provence during the Ancien Régime was linked to the Kingdom of France without being its subaltern.^[5]

Death

He died on 14 May 1824 in Paris.^[1] 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).^[6]
• Dissertation sur les états de Provence (Aix-en-Provence: Remondet-Aubin, 1867).^[7]

References

1. Robert Reboul, Anonymes, pseudonymes et supercheries littéraires de la Provence ancienne et moderne, Slatkine, 1973, p. 25 [1]
2. 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 [2]
3. Augustin Roux, Marie-Christine Trouillet, Fonds du Parlement de Provence, A. Robert, 1983, p. 1773 [3]
4. Pierre Moinot, La Cour des comptes, Editions du Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 1984, p. 251 [4]
5. Michel Calapodis, Les Grecs à Marseille : minorité ethnique ou nation en diaspora ?, Editions L'Harmattan, 2012, p. 46 [5]
6. Google Books
7. Google Books