Simon Francis Bernard
1817–62
Socialist. Tried in London as an accessory to the plot to assassinate Louis Napoleon, emperor of France, in Paris in 1858 and found not guilty. Became insane when he discovered that he had been tricked into betraying his colleagues.
Source
Modern English biography.
Bibliography
Modern English biography: Modern English biography, containing many thousand concise memoirs of persons who have died since the year 1850. By Frederick Boase. 3 vols. and supplement (3 vols.). Truro, Cornwall: the author. 1892–1921.
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