SIMEON
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V25,
Page 122
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
SIMEON
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CHARLES (1759-1836), English evangelical divine, was born at Reading and educated at Eton and Cambridge
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In 1782 he became fellow of See also: - KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King's College, Cambridge, and took orders, receiving the living of Holy Trinity, Cambridge, in the following year
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He was at first so unpopular that the services were frequently interrupted, and he was often insulted in the streets
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Having lived down this prejudice, he subsequently gained a very remarkable and lasting influence among the under-graduates of the university
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He became a leader among evangelical churchmen, was one of the founders of the See also: - CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church Missionary Society, and acted as adviser to the East India Company in the choice of chaplains for India
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His chief work is a commentary upon the whole Bible, entitled Horae homileticae ( London, 1819–1820)
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He died on the 13th of November 1836
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The " Simeon Trustees " were instituted by him for the purpose of acquiring church patronage in the interests of evangelical views
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See Memoirs of Charles Simeon, with a selection from his writings and correspondence, edited by the Rev
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Carus (3rd ed., 1848) ; H
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Mollie, Charles Simeon (London, 1892)
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