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Entry TypePerson
SurnameSimmonds
ForenamesPeter Lund
Epithetauthor and journalist
Dates1814-1897
Gender IdentityMale
HistoryHe was a journalist and founder of Simmonds' Colonial Magazine and Foreign Miscellany, a magazine specifically focusing on the issues of British colonial matters and commercial affairs. As well as editing this magazine for many years, Simmonds produced a number of books on a variety of subjects including food, agriculture, international trade and polar exploration.
RelationshipsAdopted by Lieutenant George Simminds, R.N., precise details of birth and parentage unknown and adoption obscure.
Key EventsBorn in Aarhus, Denmark, 24 July 1814; died in London, 3 Oct 1897.
SourceW.H. Smith website; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online
Authorised Form of NameSimmonds; Peter Lund (1814-1897); author and journalist

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