Researching Walter Simon
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The name Walter means "powerful warrior" and is of German origin.
Records of Walter Simon on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Walter Simon and the Simon Family History
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Some Famous People called Walter Simon
Walter Simon (sinologist)
Ernest Julius Walter Simon, (10 June 1893 – 22 February 1981) was a German sinologist and librarian. He was born in Berlin and lived there, being educated at the University of Berlin, until he fled the Nazis to London in 1934, where he spent all the rest of his life except for brief periods as a visiting professor in various countries, teaching Chinese at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London from 1947 to 1960. He made great contributions to historical Chinese phonology and Sino-Tibetan linguistics. As a sinologist, he had a Chinese name, Ximen Huade (西門華德, Xīmén Huádé).
Source: Walter Simon (sinologist), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Simon
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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