FORMAN, SIMON (1552-1611), English physician and astrologer, was born at Quidham near Wilton. He studied at Magdalen college, Oxford, and in Holland, and then practised as a physician in Philpot lane, London ; but as he possessed no diploma, he was imprisoned more than once for quackery and his practice of necromancy. Ultimately, he obtained a diploma from Cam bridge and established himself at Lambeth, where he was much consulted, especially by the notorious countess of Essex. He died on Sept. 12, 1611.
Forman's Grounds on the Longitude appeared in 1591. His works on astrology are listed in Bliss's edition of the Athenae Oxonienses. For his ms. works see the article in the Dict. Nat. Biog.