George Simpson

George Simpson may refer to:

  • Sir George Simpson (administrator) (1786/7 or 1792–1860), explorer, meteorologist and administrator of the Hudson's Bay Company
  • George Simpson (athlete) (1908–1961), American runner
  • George Simpson (Australian politician), Western Australian parliamentarian
  • George Simpson (Canadian politician) (1858–1906), politician in Prince Edward Island, Canada
  • George Simpson (footballer) (1887–?), English footballer, scorer for Sheffield Wednesday in the 1907 FA Cup Final
  • George Simpson (meteorologist) (1878–1965), meteorologist for Robert Falcon Scott's Antarctic expedition
  • George Simpson, Baron Simpson of Dunkeld (born 1942), British businessman
  • George Buchan Simpson (1820–1892), Scottish art collector, connoisseur and patron of Scottish painters
  • George Gaylord Simpson (1902–1984), American paleontologist
  • George Goodman Simpson (1896–1990), Australian flying ace

Famous quotes containing the words george and/or simpson:

    “Compare society to a boat. Her progress through the water will not depend upon the exertion of her crew, but upon the exertion devoted to propelling her. This will be lessened by any expenditure of force in fighting among themselves, or in pulling in different directions.”
    —Henry George (1839–1897)

    “The treasures of Cathay were never found.
    In this America, this wilderness
    Where the axe echoes with a lonely sound,
    The generations labor to possess
    And grave by grave we civilize the ground.”
    —Louis Simpson (b. 1923)