The Sims 

‘With everyone having people to meet and places to go to, I felt much alone. Then the reverend Mr Brown came to meet me. He is a friend of the Cambridge Sims and invited me to reside with his family until I found a permanent place to reside. Very kindly he also showed me the sights of Calcutta. Verily, it is a City of Palaces, with handsome villas surrounded by lush gardens. There are galleons and Grecian palaces everywhere.’ This is a quote from The Claudians: gardens, landscapes, reason and faith: John Claudius Loudon and Claudius Buchanan, Tom Turner (Kindle, 2024).

More about Charles Simeon 

Simeon (1759-1836) led a group known as ‘The Sims’. He was an evangelical clergyman and a fellow of King's College, Cambridge. The Sims emphasized personal conversion, Bible study, prayer, activism and social conscience. This led to their involvement in various social causes including prison reform and the abolition of slavery. As a group, they sent several missionaries to different parts of the world.

The Cambridge Sims were part of a wider 19th century evangelical movement. As Christian reformers they had a significant influence on the global missionary movement, linking it to social reform, prison reform and abolitionism.