Simon Collier

**Simon Daniel White Collier** (6 June 1938–20 February 2003) Simon was the eldest of seven children, born in Harpenden, Hertfordshire (England), he inherited his father's passion for history and literature, and his mother's for music. He played the piano by ear, and entertained his family with popular hit songs. He went to Bedford school and, after national service in the RAF, read history to postgraduate level at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he led the Hourglass debating group. Simon emerged from …