Honoré-Gaspard de Coriolis


Honoré-Gaspard de Coriolis was a French Roman Catholic cleric and historian.

Biography

Early life

Honoré-Gaspard de Coriolis was born in 1735 in Aix-en-Provence.

Career

He served as a clerical Advisor to the Parliament of Aix-en-Provence.
A Jesuit, he served as Vicar general of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mende. 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.

Death

He died on 14 May 1824 in Paris. His nephew was Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis.