Simon François Bernard

Simon François Bernard (28 January 1817 in Carcassonne, France – 25 November 1862 in London) was a French surgeon and republican revolutionary.

He had opted for a completely English jury, and his defence council's rhetoric outweighed the summing-up of the judge, which tended towards a conviction.

[1] However, Bernard apparently was targeted by a female spy in the employ of the Second Empire, and made the error of revealing his French friends and contacts.

He died at the Brook House Lunatic Asylum in Upper Clapham, London on 25 November 1862.

[4] Those who spoke at his funeral were Adolphe Talandier, Gustave Jourdain, Jacob Holyoake and Félix Pyat, all associated with the Philadelphes.