1. Simon Forman was an Elizabethan astrologer, occultist and herbalist active in London during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and James I of England.
12 Facts About Simon Forman
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Simon Forman's reputation was severely tarnished after his death when he was implicated in the plot to kill Thomas Overbury.
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Commin traded in cloth, salt and herbal medicines, and it was during his time as a young apprentice that Simon Forman started to learn about herbal remedies.
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Simon Forman eventually obtained a licence to practise from the University of Cambridge in 1603.
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Simon Forman wrote of his conquests in his diaries, showing as little regard for the background of his inamoratas as for the location of consummation.
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Simon Forman's papers have proven to be a treasure trove of rare, odd, unusual data on one of the most studied periods of cultural history.
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Simon Forman left behind a large body of manuscripts dealing with his patients and with all the subjects that interested him, from astronomy and astrology to medicine, mathematics and magic.
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Simon Forman's Casebooks are the most famous of these resources.
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Simon Forman's only printed work was a pamphlet advertising a bogus method for divining longitude while at sea.
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One of Simon Forman's patients was the poet Emilia Lanier, Rowse's candidate to have been Shakespeare's Dark Lady; another patient was Mrs Mountjoy, Shakespeare's landlady.
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Simon Forman's records have been digitised by a team led by Professor Lauren Kassell of the University of Cambridge.
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Dr Moth, a role loosely based on Simon Forman, is played by Antony Sher in the 1998 film Shakespeare in Love.