Ulrich [Richard] Ernst Simon (21 September 1913 in Berlin – 31 July 1997 in London) was an Anglican theologian of German Jewish origin.
[1][2] Simon had known Thomas Mann during his childhood in Berlin and Dietrich Bonhoeffer was another near neighbour.
His father, the composer James Simon, was murdered in Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944.
He was University Lecturer, King's College London, 1945–60, Reader in Theology 1960–72, Professor of Christian Literature 1972–80, Dean 1978–80.
Yet there was always hope, perhaps most in playing or listening to the string quartets of his beloved Haydn and Mozart; his last act, the day before he died, was to get his violin restrung.