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Simpson   /sˈɪmpsən/   Listen
Simpson

noun
1.
United States divorcee whose marriage to Edward VIII created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication.  Synonyms: Duchess of Windsor, Mrs. Simpson, Wallis Warfield Simpson, Wallis Warfield Windsor.
2.
Scottish obstetrician and surgeon who pioneered in the use of ether and discovered the anesthetic effects of chloroform (1811-1870).  Synonym: Sir James Young Simpson.



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"Simpson" Quotes from Famous Books



... I just walked around the block till I met Mrs. Jerry Dustin right at Simpson's corner and I told her the whole thing. She was as hurt about it as Uncle Tony and kept holding on to Simpson's garden fence and saying, 'Dear me, Fanny, we must do something. I have a message for Tony, anyway, and this is just the time to ...
— Green Valley • Katharine Reynolds

... to-day! Three people came up to the front door at the same time. I think they enjoyed themselves, don't you? Though I feel I can't pay every one proper attention when there's such a crush, but I do my little best.... Mr. Simpson came up to me and told me I looked quite wonderful. But he's a silly thing." She pouted and put her head on one side. "Did ...
— The Limit • Ada Leverson

... He was in charge of Uplands Farm (1859) for the Hudson's Bay Company, and under the supervision of Mr. J. D. Pemberton, built Victoria District Church, and as an amateur musician helped at charitable entertainments. Son in San Francisco, granddaughter in Victoria (Mrs. Simpson). Leneven, David, merchant, son and daughters. Lewis, Lewis, clothier, son and daughter. Lindsay, Daniel, son and daughter. Loat, Christopher, sons and daughter. Lowen, Joseph, brewer, widow, sons and daughters. ...
— Some Reminiscences of old Victoria • Edgar Fawcett

... SIMPSON, SIR JAMES YOUNG, physician, born, the son of a baker, at Bathgate, Linlithgowshire; graduated M.D. at Edinburgh in 1832; was assistant to the professor of Pathology and one of the Presidents of the Royal Medical Society before his election to the chair ...
— The Nuttall Encyclopaedia - Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge • Edited by Rev. James Wood

... meet you. Lady Tatham has had a telephone message from the Chief Constable, Colonel Marvell. There is a man missing—and a gun. Brand's younger son has not been seen for thirty-six hours. He has been helping Andover's head keeper for part of the year, as a watcher; and this man, Simpson, had let him have an old gun of his—a muzzle-loader—some months ago. That ...
— The Mating of Lydia • Mrs. Humphry Ward


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