BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES - JAMES SIME
| Date | Notes | Source |
| 1843-1844 | Born in Scotland | 5, 10 |
| Journalist and authority on Lessing and Goethe | 5 | |
| Bef. 1868 | Married Jessie A. | 10 |
| 1881 | Literary historian, entered in census (transcript) as 'James Sims', aged 37 | 10 |
| 1881-1895 | Resident of 1 Queen Anne's Grove, Bedford Park, London | 10,11 |