Shaw, prize-fighter of immense strength and size, who enlisted in the
Life Guards, and was killed at Waterloo
Sieyes, Abbe, one of the leaders of the Revolution, who retired on
discovering that his colleagues were using him for their own end (d.
1836)
Simond, M. (the reference is to his Journal of a Tour and Residence in
Great Britain during the years 1810 and 1811, PP. 48-50)
Simonides, lived at Athens and Syracuse, and besides being a
philosopher, was one of Greece’s most famous lyric poets (556-467 B.C.),
Smalridge, George, one of Queen Anne’s chaplains, and a good preacher;
became Bishop of Bristol in 1714 (d. 1719)
Sobiesky, John, King of Poland, who defended his country against
Russians and Turks. In 1683 he fought a Turkish army which was besieging
Vienna, and so delivered that city
Solis, Antonio de, dramatist and historian (Conquest of Mexico)
(1610-86)
Somers, the counsel for the Seven Bishops, 1688. He filled many high
legal offices, and from 1708 to 1710 was President of the Council
Southcote, Joanna, a Methodist “prophetess” who, suffering from
religious mania, gave herself out to be the woman of Revelation ch.
xii., and sold passports to heaven which she called “seals” (1750-1814)