Edith Simon
Edith Simon was a British historian, artist, sculptor, writer and painter (1917–2003). She was born at Berlin and died at Edinburgh.
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Identity
What the record establishes about Edith Simon.
Edith Simon is recorded with the occupation painter. Havelock Ellis : a biographical and critical survey / by Isaac Goldberg; with a supplementary chapter on Edith Ellis; illustrated & documented. is dated 1926 and held by Wellcome Collection. The apocalyptics : cancer and the big lie how environmental politics controls what we know about cancer / by Edith Efron. is dated [1984] and held by Wellcome Collection. In the kitchen, 1550-1800 : reading English cooking at home and abroad / edited by Madeline Bassnett and Hillary M. Nunn. is dated [2022] and held by Wellcome Collection. French Women in Politics: Writing Power : Paternal Legitimization and Maternal Legacies / Raylene L. Ramsay. is dated 2003 and held by Wellcome Collection. Edith Simon is recorded with the citizenship of United Kingdom and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Bowl with Cover and Stand is dated 1928 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1949.40). Fell, Dame Honor Bridget (1900-1986) is dated 1919-1988 and held by Wellcome Collection. Pieta is dated n.d. and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1922.5480). Shade is dated 2010 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2010.452). Birth Control Organisations is dated 1927-1974 and held by Wellcome Collection. The Art Institute of Chicago records 5 objects associated with this heading.
Edith Simon is recorded as historian, artist, sculptor, writer and painter. Ketzer, Bauern, Jesuiten. Reformation und Gegenreformation is dated 1984. Wellcome Collection records 11 objects associated with this heading. Personal is dated 1909-1984 and held by Wellcome Collection. Open Library catalogues 19 works under this name. The making of Frederick the Great is dated 1963.
The Anglo-Saxon manner is dated 1972. The piebald standard is dated 1959. Besinnliche Gedanken is dated 1967. The golden hand is dated 1952. Wings deceive is dated 1944. The saints is dated 1968.
Works and catalogued output
What Edith Simon produced.
The Art Institute of Chicago catalogues 5 works under this heading. Wikidata Query Service catalogues 1 work under this heading. Wellcome Collection catalogues 8 works under this heading. Open Library catalogues 18 works under this heading.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.
The Art Institute of Chicago: 5 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 11 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Simon Goldhill et Edith Hall (éd.), Sophocles and the Greek Tragic Tradition, Anabases, 2011. Simon Goldhill and Edith Hall, eds., Sophocles and the Greek Tragic Tradition, Classical Journal, 2011. The Saints. By Edith Simon. Delacorte Press, 1969. 121 pp. $3.95., Church History, 1971. Luther Alive. By Edith Simon. Garden City: Doubleday and Co., Inc., 1968., Church History, 1969. Sir Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt to Edith Pope [née Turner], 30 August 1718 [popealOU0010491a1c], Electronic Enlightenment Scholarly Edition of Correspondence, 2025.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 4 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
Edith Simon studied at Slade School of Fine Art and Central School of Art and Design. the recorded working language is English.
The field of work recorded is visual arts, art of sculpture and belletristic literature.
Places of work recorded in the authority are London.
Chronology
- 1917Edith Simon born at Berlin.
- 1917Edith Simon was born on 18 May 1917.
- 1922Pieta is dated n.d. and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1922.5480).
- 1926Havelock Ellis : a biographical and critical survey / by Isaac Goldberg; with a supplementary chapter on Edith Ellis; illustrated & documented. is dated 1926 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1926Havelock Ellis : a biographical and critical survey / by Isaac Goldberg; with a supplementary chapter on Edith Ellis; illustrated & documented. (Wellcome Collection).
- 1927Birth Control Organisations is dated 1927-1974 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1928Bowl with Cover and Stand is dated 1928 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1949.40).
- 1928Bowl with Cover and Stand (The Art Institute of Chicago).
- 1944Wings deceive is dated 1944.
- 1952The golden hand is dated 1952.
- 1952The golden hand.
- 1953The house of strangers.
- 1959The piebald standard is dated 1959.
- 1963The making of Frederick the Great is dated 1963.
- 1966The Reformation (Great Ages of Man).
- 1967Besinnliche Gedanken is dated 1967.
- 1967Besinnliche Gedanken.
- 1968The saints is dated 1968.
- 1968The Saints (1968) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
- 1972The Anglo-Saxon manner is dated 1972.
- 1984The apocalyptics : cancer and the big lie how environmental politics controls what we know about cancer / by Edith Efron. is dated [1984] and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1984Ketzer, Bauern, Jesuiten. Reformation und Gegenreformation is dated 1984.
- 1984The apocalyptics : cancer and the big lie how environmental politics controls what we know about cancer / by Edith Efron. (Wellcome Collection).
- 2003Edith Simon died at Edinburgh.
- 2003French Women in Politics: Writing Power : Paternal Legitimization and Maternal Legacies / Raylene L. Ramsay. is dated 2003 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 2003Edith Simon died on 7 January 2003.
- 2003Edith Simon died in 2003 at Edinburgh.
- 2010Shade is dated 2010 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2010.452).
- 2010Shade (The Art Institute of Chicago).
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
Luther Alive. By Edith Simon. Garden City: Doubleday and Co., Inc., 1968., Church History, 1969
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 2.
Open Library author record for Edith Simon (Internet Archive), 19 catalogued works.
Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive
Consult the source - 3.
Simon Goldhill and Edith Hall, eds., Sophocles and the Greek Tragic Tradition, Classical Journal, 2011
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 4.
Simon Goldhill et Edith Hall (éd.), Sophocles and the Greek Tragic Tradition, Anabases, 2011
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 5.
Sir Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt to Edith Pope [née Turner], 30 August 1718 [popealOU0010491a1c], Electronic Enlightenment Scholarly Edition of Correspondence, 2025
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 6.
The Saints. By Edith Simon. Delacorte Press, 1969. 121 pp. $3.95., Church History, 1971
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 7.
Directory of Open Access Journals lists 2 articles naming Edith Simon.
open access index · Unverified
Consult the source - 8.
Internet Archive, 14 digitised items catalogued under Edith Simon as creator.
digital repository · Unverified
Consult the source - 9.
The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Edith Simon.
museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago
Consult the source - 10.
Wellcome Collection catalogue records 11 works naming Edith Simon.
museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
Consult the source - 11.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q5338676: Edith Simon
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
Consult the source - 12.
“Edith Simon”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Consult the source
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