John Y. Simon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American historian
Date of Birth: 25-Jun-1933
Place of Birth: Highland Park, Illinois, United States
Date of Death: 08-Jul-2008
Profession: historian
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About John Y. Simon
- John Younker Simon (June 25, 1933 – July 8, 2008) was an American Civil War scholar known for editing the papers of Ulysses S.
- Grant. Born in Highland Park, Illinois, to Jane Younker and Jay Simon, he was on the history faculty of Southern Illinois University Carbondale, for 44 years.
- Simon had MA and PhD history degrees from Harvard University.
- He received the Lincoln Prize Special Achievement Award in 2004 from the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College for his then-24, later 31 volume Grant series.
- He died July 8, 2008 in Carbondale, Illinois at the age of 75."(He is) one of the finest people I've ever met." -- Geoffrey Perret, author of Ulysses S.
- Grant: Soldier & President
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