 martin sigismund eduard von simson (november 10, 1810 â may 2, 1899) was a german jurist and distinguished liberal politician of the kingdom of prussia and german empire, who served as president of the frankfurt parliament as well as the first president of the german parliament and of the imperial court. he was ennobled by frederick iii in 1888. ==education== eduard simson was born in kÃ¶nigsberg, east prussia, to jewish parents. the family converted to protestantism in 1823. after the usual course at the gymnasium of his native town, he entered its university in 1826 as a student of jurisprudence, and specially of roman law. he continued his studies at berlin and bonn, and, having graduated doctor juris, attended lectures at the Ãcole de droit in paris. returning to kÃ¶nigsberg in 1831 he established himself as a privatdozent in roman law, becoming two years later extraordinary, and in 1836 ordinary, professor in the faculty of the university. ==national assembly== like many other distinguished german jurists, pari passu with his professorial activity, simson followed the judicial branch of the legal profession, and, passing rapidly through the subordinate stages of auscultator and assessor, became adviser (rath) to the landgericht in 1846. in this year he stood for the representation of kÃ¶nigsberg in the national assembly at frankfurt am main, and on his election was immediately appointed secretary, and in the course of the same year became successively its vice-president and president. ==frederick william iv== in berlin on april 3, 1849, simson appeared in his capacity of president at the head of a deputation of the frankfurt parliament to announce to king frederick william iv his election as german emperor by the representatives of the people. the king, 
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