(Encyclopedia) Simon, AntoineSimon, AntoineäNtwänˈ sēmôNˈ [key], 1736–94, French revolutionary, often called “the shoemaker,” a member of the Commune of Paris. He and his wife guarded the dauphin,…
Herbert Alexander Simonsocial scientist and economistBorn: 6/15/1916Birthplace: Milwaukee, Wisconsin polymath who won several awards, including the 1978 Nobel Prize in Economics, for his theory on…
(Simone-Lucie-Ernestine-Marie-Bertrand de Beauvoir)writer, feministBorn: 1/9/1908 Birthplace: Paris, France Best known for the classic feminist treatise, Le Deuxième Sexe (1949, The Second Sex), de…
(Encyclopedia) Simon, JulesSimon, Juleszhül sēmôNˈ [key], 1814–96, French statesman. His full name was Jules François Simon Suisse. He taught philosophy at the Sorbonne from 1839 to 1852, during…
(Encyclopedia) Simon, Neil (Marvin Neil Simon), 1927–2018, American playwright, b. the Bronx, New York City. His plays, nearly all of them popular with audiences, if not always with critics, are…
(Encyclopedia) Kenton, Simon, 1755–1836, American frontiersman, b. probably Fauquier co., Va. In 1771, believing he had killed a man, he fled westward, assuming the name Simon Butler. He settled in…
(Encyclopedia) Simon MagusSimon Magusmāˈgəs [key], Samaritan sorcerer who attempted to buy spiritual power from the apostles. From this comes the term simony. He is mentioned in the Acts of the…
(Encyclopedia) Vestdijk, SimonVestdijk, Simonsēˈmûn vĕstˈdāyk [key], 1898–1971, Dutch writer. His nearly 100 books include 38 novels, over 20 volumes of poetry, and works on astrology, religion, and…
(Encyclopedia) Simon, SaintSimon, Saintsīˈmən [key], in the New Testament, one of the Twelve Apostles. In the Gospels he is called the Canaanite or Cananaean or Zelotes, synonymous terms referring…
