Ingo Heinrich Julius William Gustav Simon (6 May 1875 – 31 July 1964), also known as Ingo Henry Simon, was an English singer,[5] poet and accomplished archer[6] who spent many years researching the history of archery and the development of bows.
[6] Simon was born in Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, the child of German engineer Henry Gustav Simon and his first wife, Mary Jane Lane of Melbourne, Australia.
[3] In 1910, an archery contest was held on the beach at Le Touquet, France, where Simon was able to shoot an arrow 475 yards (434 m) using an old Turkish composite bow requiring a force of 440 newtons (99 lbf).
[11] He died in 1964 in Devon[6] and his widow, Erna, the 1937 women's world champion died in 1973;[6] they endowed a trust in 1970,[6] to conserve and develop his collection of bows, arrows and related equipment,[6] which he donated to the Manchester Museum in 1946.
[6] The collection includes artefacts from many countries including Great Britain, Brazil, Europe, India, Pakistan, Japan, Central Asia, Africa, and the Pacific islands.