The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Simon, Antoine
(äNtwän´ smôN´) (KEY) , 173694, French revolutionary, often called the shoemaker, a member of the Commune of Paris. He and his wife guarded the dauphin, Louis XVII, in prison. Their reputed brutality and coarseness made them infamous. A friend of Maximilien Robespierre and Jean Paul Marat, Simon was executed after the coup of 9 Thermidor.