SIMEON  .

CHARLES (1759-1836), English evangelical divine, was born at Reading and educated at Eton and Cambridge . In 1782 he became fellow of King's College, Cambridge, and took orders, receiving the living of Holy Trinity, Cambridge, in the following year . He was at first so unpopular that the services were frequently interrupted, and he was often insulted in the streets . Having lived down this prejudice, he subsequently gained a very remarkable and lasting influence among the under-graduates of the university . He became a leader among evangelical churchmen, was one of the founders of the Church Missionary Society, and acted as adviser to the East India Company in the choice of chaplains for India . His chief work is a commentary upon the whole Bible, entitled Horae homileticae (London, 1819–1820) . He died on the 13th of November 1836 . The " Simeon Trustees " were instituted by him for the purpose of acquiring church patronage in the interests of evangelical views . See Memoirs of Charles Simeon, with a selection from his writings and correspondence, edited by the Rev . W . Carus (3rd ed., 1848) ; H .

C . G . Mollie, Charles Simeon (London, 1892) .