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Jim Simpson (director)
James, Jim, or Jimmy Simpson may refer to: Politicians * James Simpson (Canadian politician) (1873–1938), Canadian trade unionist and mayor of Toronto (1935) * James Simpson (Ugandan politician) (1908–1994), Minister of Economic Affairs in the first Cabinet of Uganda * James Simpson Jr. (1905–1960), U.S. Representative from Illinois * Jim Simpson (Australian politician) (1905–1968), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Sportspeople * Jimmy Simpson (footballer, born 1873) (1873–?), Scottish footballer * Jimmy Simpson (American football) (1897–1979), blocking back in the National Football League * Jimmy Simpson (motorcyclist) (1898–1981), British motorcycle racer * Jimmy Simpson (footballer, born 1908) (1908–1972), Scottish footballer * Jimmy Simpson (footballer, born 1923) (1923–2010), English footballer * Jim Simpson (sportscaster) (1927–2016), American sportscaster * Jim Simpson (footballer, born 1959), Scottish footballer * Jimmy Simpson (r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Simpson (Canadian Politician)
James "Jimmie" Simpson (1873 – September 24, 1938) was a British- Canadian trade unionist, printer, journalist and left-wing politician in Toronto, Ontario. He was a longtime member of Toronto's city council and served as Mayor of Toronto in 1935, the first member of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation to serve in that capacity. He was also a member of the Orange Order in Canada. Early life Simpson was born in Lancashire, England and immigrated to Canada at the age of 14. Never attending high school, Simpson worked selling newspapers at the age of 10 and then began working for a grocer at the age of 13 before moving to Canada where he worked in a tin factory before joining the printing trade."Former Mayor J. Simpson Killed With U.S. Companion", ''Toronto Daily Star'', September 26, 1938 Career Printing trade and journalism In 1892, Simpson was one of 27 members of the Typographical Union on strike against the ''Toronto News''. The strikers, including Simp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Simpson (engineer)
James Simpson (1799–1869) was a British civil engineer. He was president of the Institution of Civil Engineers from January 1853 to January 1855. James Simpson was the fourth son of Thomas Simpson, engineer of the Chelsea Waterworks. James succeeded his father in both this post and that of engineer of the Lambeth Waterworks Company. It was under Simpson's instruction that the Chelsea Waterworks became the first in the country to install a slow sand filtration system to purify the water they were drawing from the River Thames. This filter consisted of successive beds of loose brick, gravel and sand to remove solids from the water. He also designed waterworks at Windsor Castle and Bristol as well as The Wooden Pier at Southend on Sea Southend-on-Sea (), commonly referred to as Southend (), is a coastal city and unitary authority area with borough status in southeastern Essex, England. It lies on the north side of the Thames Estuary, east of central London. It is bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Simpson (government Official)
James Stuart "Jim" Simpson is the former commissioner of New Jersey's Department of Transportation (NJDOT), from 2010–2014, and a former federal government official and moving company executive. He became Federal Transit Administrator (head of the Federal Transit Administration) in the United States Department of Transportation on August 10, 2006. Simpson began his career in transportation over 30 years ago as a tractor-trailer driver for a local moving company and advanced within the company to shape it into a major international business. For his work in the moving industry, the U.S. Department of Commerce honored Simpson with an International Trade Award for service excellence. In 1995, New York Governor George Pataki appointed Simpson as a commissioner of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) where he served for 10 years, including stints as chairman of the Real Estate & Planning Committee and the Safety and Security Committee. Immediately following 9/11 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmi Simpson
Jimmi Simpson (born November 21, 1975) is an American actor. He is best known for his work on television, which includes recurring roles as Liam McPoyle on ''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'' (2005–2013), Lyle the Intern on ''The Late Show with David Letterman'' (2008–09), Mary Lightly on '' Psych'' (2009–13), Lloyd Lowery on '' Breakout Kings'' (2011–13), Jack Spaniel on '' The Newsroom'' (2014), Gavin Orsay on ''House of Cards'' (2014–15), and the younger William on ''Westworld'' (2016–2020). For the last role, he received a nomination for the 2018 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. In 2022, he starred in a television series adaptation of ''The Man Who Fell to Earth''. Simpson also starred as Soldier on SundanceTV's ''Hap and Leonard'' (2016), Detective Russell Poole on USA's '' Unsolved'' (2018), and James Schaeler on ePix's ''Perpetual Grace, LTD'' (2019). He received a nomination for the 2018 British Academy Television Award fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Simpson (minister)
James A. Simpson is a retired minister of the Church of Scotland. He was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1994-5 - the first from a Highland parish since James Gunn Matheson (from Portree Parish Church on the Isle of Skye) in 1975. Background and career In 1976 he moved from St. John's Renfield Church, Glasgow to Dornoch Cathedral in Dornoch, Sutherland. In 1997 he demitted his charge at Dornoch to become an "Interim Minister" for several years (helping congregations to working through periods of transition). His first post as an Interim Minister was Almondbank Tibbermore Church in Perthshire.Fasti Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ, Volume XI (page 364), T&T Clark Ltd, Edinburgh, 2000, He is also known for his humorous books and regular column in the Church of Scotland's "Life and Work" magazine. His title (following the end of his Moderatorial year) is the Very Reverend Dr James Alexander Simpson BSc BD STM DD. He is currently the oldest living former Moder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Simpson (academic)
James Simpson (born 16 March 1954 in Melbourne) is an Australian-British-American medievalist currently serving as the Donald P. and Katherine B. Loker Professor of English at Harvard University. Education * Educated at Scotch College, Melbourne, Scotch College (1966–1971) * Bachelor of Arts, Arts Degree with Honours at Melbourne University, Melbourne (1976) * Master of Philosophy, University of Oxford 1980 * Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Cambridge (1996) Career Simpson has worked in academia in Australia, the UK, and the US, where he has taught medieval Literature, medieval literature. He was a University Lecturer in English at the University of Cambridge (1989-1999), Fellow and College Lecturer at Girton College, Cambridge, Girton College, University of Cambridge (1989–1999) and Professor of Medieval and Renaissance English at the University of Cambridge (1999–2003). He then worked at Harvard University (2003-) where he was appointed "Donald P. and Katherine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Jenkins Simpson
James Jenkins Simpson (24 November 1881 – 10 November 1936) was a British entomologist and marine biologist who worked in West Africa and Turkey. Background Simpson was the son of a gardener from Elgin; he studied at Elgin West End School and Aberdeen Free Church Training College before graduating M.A. from University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen University in 1904. He was a Carnegie Research Scholar and Fellow at Aberdeen. He joined the British Indian government to study pearl oyster fisheries in southern Burma in 1906 and then worked in East Africa with the Niassa Company, Nyassa Company. In 1909 an Entomological Research Committee was formed to study ticks of economic importance in Africa. Simpson and Sheffield Airey Neave were appointed travelling entomologists and he collected mosquitoes, Tabanids, bed-bugs, fleas, lice and ticks in Nigeria in 1910 followed by visits to the Gold Coast and Sierra Leone. In 1919 Simpson joined the National Museum of Wales as Keeper of Zoology and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James E Simpson Jr
James Simpson Jr (1928–1999) was the first African American to win a city commission election in the history of Covington, KY. Simpson was one of nearly 30 people who filed to run for the City Commission in 1971. He finished third, winning one of four seats and making political history. Simpson served the full two-year term. He later finished an un-expired term on the commission in 1991. Simpson was active in many other civic groups. He served on the following boards: Kenton County Airport Board (8 years - in 1978 he was elected Chairman), People's Liberty Bank Board of Directors, Booth Hospital in Covington, St. Elizabeth Hospital in Covington and the Kenton County TB Sanatorium. Simpson was also one of the founders of the Northern Kentucky Community Center in the Eastside Neighborhood of Covington. James Edward Simpson Jr is father to State Representative Arnold Ray Simpson who serves the 65th district of Kentucky, the first African American to hold this seat at the Kentucky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James B
James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (other), various kings named James * Saint James (other) * James (musician) * James, brother of Jesus Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, York, James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Arts, entertainment, and media * James (2005 film), ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * James (2008 film), ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * James (2022 film), ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Simpson (explorer)
Commander Cortlandt James Woore Simpson, CBE, DSC, PM (2 September 1911, Westbourne, Sussex – 9 May 2002, South Hams, Devon) was an English polar explorer and naval officer. Personal life Simpson was born into a naval family. His grandfather Vice-Admiral Cortlandt Herbert Simpson was the commander of HMS ''Mullett'' and other vessels, and his father Rear Admiral Cortlandt Herbert Simpson also had a distinguished naval career. His family home for three generations was in Stoke-by-Nayland in Suffolk. Simpson sold it in 1969, building a smaller house for himself in the grounds, before eventually moving to Somerset and then to Devon in later life. Simpson was married four times and had one daughter. His great-grandfather was John Busby, who along with his great-uncle James Busby were the fathers of the Australian wine industry. Naval career He was commissioned into the Royal Navy following graduation from the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. After service on several vessels, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Young Simpson (diplomat)
Professor James Young Simpson (3 August 1873 – 20 May 1934) FRSE FRSSA FRAI DJur(Hon) DSc(Hon) was a Scottish zoologist, writer, diplomat, biographer and theologian. After World War I, he was instrumental in establishing the Baltic states and Finland as independent nations. Life James Young Simpson was born at 52 Queen Street in Edinburgh on 3 August 1873 to Margaret Stewart Barbour, sister of Alexander Hugh Freeland Barbour, and Sir Alexander Russell Simpson (1835–1916), professor of midwifery at the University of Edinburgh. His father was a nephew of his namesake, James Young Simpson, the first person to use chloroform as an anesthetic on humans. The family lived at 52 Queen Street, a property inherited from his great-uncle. Simpson was educated at George Watson's College, Edinburgh and the University of Edinburgh, which he attended from 1891 to 1894, graduating with an MA. After two summers as a research student at Christ's College, Cambridge (1899/1900), he complete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Simpson (priest)
James Gilliland Simpson (16 October 1865 – 10 October 1948) was the Dean of Peterborough in the Church of England from 1928 to 1942. He was educated at the City of London School and Trinity College, Oxford, he was ordained in 1889 and began his career with a curacy at Leeds Parish Church. He was then appointed Vice Principal of Edinburgh Theological College after which he was Principal of Leeds Clergy School before becoming Canon of Manchester in 1910. Two years later he became a Canon of St Paul's, a post he held for seventeen years before his elevation to the Deanery. He was a noted author."Obituary The Very Rev. J. G. Simpson" ''The Times ''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (fou ...'' Monday, 18 Oct 1948; pg. 6; Issue 51205; col D References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
