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
The Edinburgh Theological College was founded in 1810 to train Anglican clergy to serve in the Scottish Episcopal Church. In 1891 the college moved to Coates Hall in Rosebery Avenue where it gradually expanded to include residential accommodation ...
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
A deanery (or decanate) is an ecclesiastical entity in the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Anglican Communion, the Evangelical Church in Germany, and the Church of Norway. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or residenc ...
. He was a noted author.
["Obituary The Very Rev. J. G. Simpson" '' The Times'' Monday, 18 Oct 1948; pg. 6; Issue 51205; col D]
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1865 births
People educated at the City of London School
Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford
Deans of Peterborough
1948 deaths
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