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Under the influence of Chaim
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and rose to become
Director of Telegraphs and Telephones and later Director of Savings. He was made CB in 1931 and was knighted in 1944. He married Ellen Umanski, (later called by the name Lady Ellen Simon), and they had two daughters.
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intellectual and civil servant who took part in the drafting of the
190:(11 July 1881 – 27 April 1965) was a leading British
823:"Collection of Documents from the Estate of Sir Aryeh (Leon) Simon"
623:"Centre for Jewish Studies, University of Manchester - Leon Locker"
528:"The birth of modern Israel: A scrap of paper that changed history"
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846:"Draft of 1917 Balfour Declaration Sells at Auction for $ 900,000"
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A clash of heroes--Brandeis, Weizmann, and
American Zionism
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published in 1920. A collection of his papers are held at
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and others in 1918 to begin talks with the government of
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802:"Ahad Ha-am : Asher Ginzberg : a Biography"
319:(Asher Zvi Hirsch Ginsberg), a leading figure of
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686:. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 636.
436:Simon wrote several works on Zionism, including
234:Simon was the son of Rabbi Isadore Simon of the
684:The Palgrave dictionary of Anglo-Jewish history
416:and from 1949-50 as its President, preceded by
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380:Simon accompanied Weizmann as a member of the
16:British Zionist intellectual and civil servant
353:'s Dialogues, work for which he received the
963:People educated at Manchester Grammar School
743:"British Jewry Birth & Marriage Records"
424:(1949-1952). He also served as President of
988:British people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent
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558:(3rd ed.). London: Routledge. p.
914:"Collection of bibliography of Leon Simon"
479:The Elements of Zionism for Young Zionists
337:He also wrote the first translations into
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214:, Simon was a scholar and translator of
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198:of 1917 and served on the
878:"Sir Leon Simon - Person"
864:"Office of the President"
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244:Manchester Grammar School
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440:published in 1917 and
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636:Halpern, Ben (1987).
426:Israel Postal Company
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550:Comay, Joan (2002).
497:Tchernichovsky Prize
355:Tchernichovsky Prize
349:, and of several of
256:University of Oxford
76:Southampton, England
828:Kedem Auction House
367:Balfour Declaration
361:Balfour Declaration
296:General Post Office
279:Marks & Spencer
196:Balfour Declaration
394:David Lloyd George
382:Zionist Commission
269:, Samuel Landman,
200:Zionist Commission
152:political activist
590:. 21 August 1949.
469:(1927, Biography)
418:Judah Leon Magnes
414:Hebrew University
206:. An advocate of
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850:Haaretz.com
809:Varda Books
275:Simon Marks
163:Ellen Simon
101:Nationality
932:Categories
918:google.com
786:25 January
514:References
499:Recipients
467:Ahad Ha-Am
390:M. D. Eder
384:alongside
317:Ahad Ha'am
230:Early life
216:Ahad Ha'am
146:, writer,
122:Occupation
68:1881-07-11
30:Leon Simon
402:Palestine
246:and read
240:Lithuania
150:scholar,
135:1904–1949
104:British,
486:See also
210:and the
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