Richard Simon (theologian)
Richard Simon may refer to: * Richard Simon (priest) (1638–1712), French priest, Oratorian and biblical critic * Richard Simon (painter) (1898–1993), German expressionist * Richard L. Simon (1899–1960), American businessman and co-founder of the publishing house Simon & Schuster * Dick Simon Richard Raymond Simon (born September 21, 1933) is an American former auto racing driver and racing team owner. Simon drove American open-wheel car racing, Indy cars in United States Auto Club, USAC and Championship Auto Racing Teams, CART, and ...

Richard Simon (priest)
Richard Simon CO (13 May 1638 – 11 April 1712), was a French priest, a member of the Oratorians, who was an influential biblical critic, orientalist and controversialist. Early years Simon was born at Dieppe. His early education took place at the Oratorian college there, and a benefice enabled him to study theology at Paris, where he showed an interest in Hebrew and other Oriental languages. He entered the Oratorians as novice in 1662. At the end of his novitiate he was sent to teach philosophy at the College of Juilly. But he was soon recalled to Paris, and employed in preparing a catalogue of the Oriental books in the library of the Oratory. Conflicts as Oratorian Simon was ordained a priest in 1670. He then taught rhetoric at Juilly until 1673, having among his students the noted philosopher, Count Henri de Boulainvilliers. Simon was influenced by the ideas of Isaac La Peyrère who came to live with the Oratorians (though taking little of the specifics), and by Baruch ...
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Richard Simon (painter)
Richard Simon (1898–1993) was a German expressionist who used the pseudonym 'Simmerl'. His portrait appears on the official poster of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. Paintings Expressionist motifs, images of milky shine due to plenty of chalk mixed into oil paints. Nordic, Mediterranean, Austrian and German landscapes, portraits of his friends; in most cases using oil-based paint on painter cardboard or canvas; some sanguine and chalk drawings. The artist signed all his work as “SIM”. ''Simmerl'' lived and worked in a studio in Berlin, which he acquired from the German actress Adele Sandrock,Peter Auer: ''Wo einst Adele Sandrock wohnte: Unter'm Dach bei Maler Simmerl''; Berliner Morgenpost, October 29, 1978 (translation: where once Adele Sandrock used to live: beyond the rooftop at painter Simmerl's) close to the famous avenue Kurfürstendamm. At this location he painted until 1991 at the age of 93 years, almost every day. He completed his last painting in 1991, wh ...
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Richard L
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick (nickname), Dick", "Dickon", "Dickie (name), Dickie", "Rich (given name), Rich", "Rick (given name), Rick", "Rico (name), Rico", "Ricky (given name), Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English (the name was introduced into England by the Normans), German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Portuguese and Spanish "Ricardo" and the Italian "Riccardo" (see comprehensive variant list belo ...
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