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Montfort, Simon de, earl of Leicester
(Encyclopedia)Montfort, Simon de, earl of Leicester, 1208?–1265, leader of the baronial revolt against Henry III of England. By 1258 Simon was an active member of the baronial opposition that forced the king to...Bar Kokba, Simon
(Encyclopedia)Bar Kokba, Simon, or Simon Bar Cochba kōkˈbə [key] [Heb.,=son of the star], d. a.d. 135, Hebrew hero and leader of a major revolt against Rome under Hadrian (132–135). He may have claimed to be a...Simon, Jules
(Encyclopedia)Simon, Jules zhül 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 which time he edited the...Bisschop, Simon
(Encyclopedia)Bisschop, Simon: see Episcopius, Simon. ...Bar Cochba, Simon
(Encyclopedia)Bar Cochba, Simon: see Bar Kokba, Simon. ...Simon, Neil
(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 comedies treating ...Leicester, Simon de Montfort, earl of
(Encyclopedia)Leicester, Simon de Montfort, earl of: see Montfort, Simon de. ...Fraser, Simon, Scottish nobleman
(Encyclopedia)Fraser, Simon: see Lovat, Simon Fraser, 11th Baron. ...Cananaean
(Encyclopedia)Cananaean kānənēˈən [key], epithet of St. Simon. ...Zelotes
(Encyclopedia)Zelotes zēlōˈtēz [key] [Gr.,=zealot], name of St. Simon. ...Browse by Subject
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