See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

GEORGE See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

ROBERT See also:

• GEORGE ROBERT SIMS (1847– )

SIMS (1847– )  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English journalist and dramatic author, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 2nd of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1847 . He was educated at See also:

• HANWELL

Hanwell See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College and at See also:

• BONN

Bonn, and commenced journalism in 1874 as successor to Tom See also:

• HOOD,
• HOOD, JOHN BELL (1831–1879)
• HOOD, SAMUEL HOOD, VISCOUNT (1724–1816)
• HOOD, SIR SAMUEL (1762-1814)
• HOOD, THOMAS (1799-1845)
• HOOD, TOM (1835–1874)

Hood on Fun . accept this dignity at the hands of a See also:

• DEMOCRACY (Gr. 3np.oKparia, from S)µos, the people, i.e. the commons, and Kparos, rule)

democracy, refused the offer . See also:

• SIMSON, MARTIN EDUARD VON (1810-1899)
• SIMSON, ROBERT (1687-1768)

Simson, bitterly disappointed at the outcome of his See also:

• MISSION

mission, resigned his seat in the See also:

• FRANKFORT

Frankfort See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament, but in the summer of the same See also:

• YEAR

year was elected See also:

• DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy for See also:

• KONIGSBERG (Polish Krolewiec)

Konigsberg in the popular chamber of the Prussian Landtag . Here he soon made his See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark as one of the best orators in that See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly . A member of the See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short-lived See also:

• ERFURT

Erfurt parliament of 185o, he was again summoned to the presidential See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair . On the See also:

• DISSOLUTION (from Lat. dissolvere, to break up into parts)

dissolution of the Erfurt assembly, Simson retired from politics, and for the next few years devoted himself exclusively to his academical and judicial duties . It was not until 1859 that he re-entered public See also:

• LIFE

life, when he was elected deputy for Konigsberg in the See also:

• LOWER

lower chamber of the Prussian Landtag, of which he was See also:

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

president in 186o and 1861 . In the first of these years he attained high judicial See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office as president of the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• APPEAL

appeal at Frankfort on the See also:

• ODER (Lat. Viadua; Slavonic, Vjodr)

Oder . In 1867, having been elected a member of the constituent assembly of the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German Federation, he again occupied the presidential chair, as he did also in the first See also:

• REGULAR

regular See also:

• DIET

Diet and the Zoll-parliament which succeeded it . On 18th See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 187o Simson arrived at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of a deputation in the German headquarters at See also:

• VERSAILLES

Versailles to offer the imperial See also:

• CROWN

crown to the 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 of See also:

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

Prussia in the name of the newly-elected Reichstag . The conditions under which Prussia might justly aspire to the See also:

• HEGEMONY (Gr. i7ye,uovia, leadership, from it-yo-Oat, to lead, the leadership especially of one particular state in a group of federated or loosely united states. The term was first applied in Greek history to the position claimed by different individual

hegemony in See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany at last appeared to have been accomplished, no obstacles, as in 1849, were in the way of the See also:

• ACCEPTANCE (Lat. acceptare, frequentative form of accipere, to receive)

acceptance of the crown by the leading See also:

• SOVEREIGN

sovereign of the See also:

• CONFEDERATION (Fr. confederation, Lat. confoederatio, from foedus, a league, foederare, to form a league)

confederation, and on 18th See also:

• JANUARY

January 1871 King See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William of Prussia was proclaimed with all pomp German See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

Emperor in the Salle See also:

• DES

des Glaces at Versailles .

Simson continued as president of the Reichstag until 1894, when he retired from the chair, and in 1877 resigned his seat in the Diet, but at See also:

• BISMARCK
• BISMARCK, OTTO EDUARD LEOPOLD VON, PRINCE

Bismarck's urging, accepted the See also:

• PRESIDENCY

presidency of the supreme court of See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice (Reichsgericht), and this high office he filled with See also:

• GREAT

great distinction until his final retirement from public life in 1891 . In 1888 the emperor See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick bestowed upon Simson the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of the See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black See also:

• EAGLE (Fr. aigle, from the Lat. aquila)

Eagle . His See also:

• POLITICAL

political career coincides with the era of German struggles towards unity . As a politician he was one of the leaders of See also:

• MODERN

modern Liberalism, and though always loyal when appeals were made to patriotism, such as 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 demands for the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army, he remained obdurate on constitutional questions; and he resolutely opposed the reactionary policy of the Prussian Conservatives . On his retirement from the presidency of the Reichsgericht, he See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig and made his See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home in See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, where he died on the 2nd of May 1899 . His Life was written by his son, See also:

• BERNARD, CHARLES DE
• BERNARD, CLAUDE (1813-1878)
• BERNARD, JACQUES (1658--1718)
• BERNARD, MOUNTAGUE (1S2o—1882)
• BERNARD, SAINT
• BERNARD, SAINT (Iogo-1153)
• BERNARD, SIMON (1779—1839)
• BERNARD, SIR THOMAS, BART

Bernard von Simson, under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title Eduard von Simson, Erinnerungen aus seinem Leben (1900) . (P . A .