See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• SIMON, ABRAHAM (1622-1692)
• SIMON, JULES FRANCOIS (1814–1896)
• SIMON, RICHARD (1638–1712)
• SIR JOHN SIMON (1816–1904)
• SIMON, THOMAS (c. 1623-1665)

SIMON (1816–1904)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English surgeon and sanitary reformer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London on the loth of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1816 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis See also:

• MICHAEL
• MICHAEL (1596-1645)
• MICHAEL (Hebrew Sn,q, " Who is like God? ")

Michael See also:

• SIMON, ABRAHAM (1622-1692)
• SIMON, JULES FRANCOIS (1814–1896)
• SIMON, RICHARD (1638–1712)
• SIMON, SIR JOHN (1816–1904)
• SIMON, THOMAS (c. 1623-1665)

Simon,was for many years a leading member of the London Stock See also:

• EXCHANGE

Exchange . Both his grandfathers were See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French emigrants, who carried on business in London and See also:

• BATH
• BATH, THOMAS THYNNE
• BATH, WILLIAM

Bath respectively . His father died at almost ninety-eight, and his See also:

• MOTHER

mother at nearly ninety-five years of See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age . Simon was educated at a preparatory school in Pentonville, spent seven years at Dr See also:

• BURNEY, CHARLES (1726-1814)

Burney's school in See also:

• GREENWICH

Greenwich, and then ten months with a See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German Pfarrer in Rhenish See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia . His father intended him for See also:

• SURGERY
• SURGERY (Fr. chirurgie, from Gr. Xetpoupyfa, i.e. hand-work)

surgery, and he began the study of See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine on 1st October 1833, when he was a few days See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short of seventeen . He was an apprentice of See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

Green, the distinguished surgeon at St See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas's, well known for his friendship for See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel See also:

• TAYLOR
• TAYLOR, ANN (1782-1866)
• TAYLOR, BAYARD (1825–1878)
• TAYLOR, BROOK (1685–1731)
• TAYLOR, ISAAC (1787-1865)
• TAYLOR, ISAAC (1829-1901)
• TAYLOR, JEREMY (1613-1667)
• TAYLOR, JOHN (158o-1653)
• TAYLOR, JOHN (1704-1766)
• TAYLOR, JOSEPH (c. 1586-c. 1653)
• TAYLOR, MICHAEL ANGELO (1757–1834)
• TAYLOR, NATHANIEL WILLIAM (1786-1858)
• TAYLOR, PHILIP MEADOWS (1808–1876)
• TAYLOR, ROWLAND (d. 1555)
• TAYLOR, SIR HENRY (1800-1886)
• TAYLOR, THOMAS (1758-1835)
• TAYLOR, TOM (1817-1880)
• TAYLOR, WILLIAM (1765-1836)
• TAYLOR, ZACHARY (1784-1850)

Taylor See also:

• COLERIDGE, HARTLEY (1796-1849)
• COLERIDGE, JOHN DUKE COLERIDGE, 1ST BARON
• COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR (1772-1834)
• COLERIDGE, SARA (1802–1852)
• COLERIDGE, SIR JOHN TAYLOR (1790-1876)

Coleridge, whose See also:

• LITERARY

literary executor Green became . He became 1 Other forms of the name are Simocattos, Simocatos, Simocates . a demonstrator of See also:

• ANATOMY
• ANATOMY (Gr. avaroyil, from ava-silo c', to cut up)

anatomy, and was assistant surgeon to 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 See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

Hospital for several years; and in the autumn of 1847 he was appointed surgeon and lecturer on See also:

• PATHOLOGY (from Gr. raBos, suffering)

pathology at his old school, St Thomas's, where, with progressive changes, he continued to remain an officer . His See also:

• LIFE

life was divided between two See also:

• GREAT

great pursuits—the career of a surgeon, and the mastery and See also:

• SOLUTION (from Lat. solvere, to loosen, dissolve)

solution of many of the great problems of sanitary See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science and reform . In the See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring of 1844 he gained the first See also:

• ASTLEY, JACOB ASTLEY, BARON (1579-1652)
• ASTLEY, SIR JOHN DIIGDALB

Astley See also:

• COOPER
• COOPER (or COUPER), THOMAS (c. 1517-1594)
• COOPER, ABRAHAM (1787—1868)
• COOPER, ALEXANDER (d. i66o)
• COOPER, CHARLES HENRY (18o8-1866)
• COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE (1789-1851)
• COOPER, PETER (1791-1883)
• COOPER, SAMUEL (1609-1672)
• COOPER, SIR ASTLEY PASTON (1768-1841)
• COOPER, THOMAS (1759–1840)
• COOPER, THOMAS (1805–1892)
• COOPER, THOMAS SIDNEY (1803–1902)

Cooper See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize by a physiological See also:

• ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

essay on the thymus gland, and the following See also:

• YEAR

year was elected a See also:

• FELLOW

fellow of the Royal Society . In 1847 he gave his first lecture at St Thomas's Hospital, on the " Aims and Philosophic Method of Pathological See also:

• RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

Research," followed a little later by lectures on See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general pathology in relation to the principles of diagnosis, and the treatment of disease .

These lectures were of great importance at the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, and of the utmost value in directing See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy into new and profitable channels of See also:

• WORK

work . Simon published many clinical surgical lectures of the greatest importance, and contributed a masterly See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article on " Inflammation " to See also:

• HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL (18o9-1894)

Holmes's See also:

• SYSTEM

System of Surgery, which has become a classic of its See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind . It was, however, on his See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment in 1848 as medical officer of See also:

• HEALTH

health to the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

City of London, and afterwards to the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, that Simon's great abilities found See also:

• SCOPE (through Ital. scopo, aim, purpose, intent, from Gr. o'KOaos, mark to shoot at, aim, o ic07reiv, to see, whence the termination in telescope, microscope, &c.)

scope for congenial exercise . He stimulated and guided the development of sanitary science, until it reached in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England the highest degree of excellence, and gave an example to the civilized See also:

• WORLD

world . It is impossible to overestimate the value of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Simon's work, or the importance of his See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence in the furtherance of the public health and the prevention of disease, and in inculcating right methods of medical government . In 1878, after filling other offices in the Royal College of Surgeons, he became its See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president, and in 1887 was created K.C.B . It was largely due to his advocacy that the new St Thomas's Hospital was rebuilt on its See also:

• PRESENT

present site after it was compelled to leave its old habitation near London See also:

• BRIDGE

Bridge . As a surgeon, Simon's work came second to his See also:

• INTEREST

interest in sanitary science, but he claimed priority over See also:

• COCK, EDWARD (1805-1892)

Cock in the operation of perineal puncture of the urethra in cases of retention from stricture . He died on the 23rd of See also:

• JULY

July 1904 . (W . MACC) .