Dr George Freeland Barbour Simpson FRSE FRCPE FRCSE JP (21 September 1874 – 8 April 1958) was a 20th-century Scottish physician and gynaecologist. In 1913 he served as President of the Obstetrical Society of Edinburgh.

Life

52 Queen Street, Edinburgh
The grave of Alexander Russell Simpson, Grange Cemetery, Edinburgh

He was born on 21 September 1874 at 52 Queen Street in Edinburgh the son of Margaret Stewart Barbour, sister of Alexander Hugh Freeland Barbour, and her husband Alexander Russell Simpson. The house where they lived had been inherited on the death of his great uncle, James Young Simpson.[1]

He was educated at George Watson's College (1884-1892), and then studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, graduating with an MB ChB in 1898[2] and gaining his MD in 1905.[3]

He followed in his father's shoes as head Physician of the Simpson Maternity Hospital in Edinburgh (named after his great uncle). He also lectured in gynaecology at the University of Edinburgh.

In 1908 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Daniel John Cunningham, Alexander Crum Brown, James Cossar Ewart and Cargill Gilston Knott.[4]

In World War I he served as a Major in the Royal Army Medical Corps.

He died at home, 5 Randolph Cliff in Edinburgh on 8 April 1958. He is buried with his parents in Grange Cemetery in south Edinburgh.[5]

Family

In 1899 he married his cousin Caroline Elizabeth Barbour. Their children included Alexander Rudolph Barbour Simpson (1900-1977).

His brother was the scientist James Young Simpson, and his cousin the politician George Freeland Barbour.[6]

Publications

  • The Edinburgh Stereoscopic Atlas of Obstetrics (1909)[7] a curious 3D medical book

References

  1. ↑ Edinburgh Post Office Directories 1870 to 1875
  2. ↑ "Simpson, George Freeland Barbour". collections.ed.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  3. ↑ Simpson, George Freeland Barbour (1905). "A contribution to the study of fibroid tumours of the vagina". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ↑ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "George Freeland Barbour Simpson (1874-1958) -". Find a Grave.
  6. ↑ "Genealogy Data". www.ainslie.org.uk. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  7. ↑ "The Edinburgh Stereoscopic Atlas of Obstetrics". The Indian Medical Gazette. 43 (12): 470. December 1908. PMC 5183168.


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