SIMMs, Norman

Born in 1940 in Brooklyn, New York, since 1970 Norman Simms has lived and worked in New Zealand, but has also taught in Canada, Israel, and France. He received his B.A. in English Literature from Alfred University in New York and his M.A. and his Ph.D. in English Literature from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He is the editor of Mentalities/Mentalites and author of scores of articles and books on the subject of Crypto-Judaism and Marranism.