James Gilliland Simpson, DD

Doctor of Divinity

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 (16 October 1865 - 10 October 1948) was the Dean of Peterborough in the Church of England

Church of England

The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...

 from 1928 until 1942.

He was educated at the City of London School

City of London School

The City of London School is a boys' independent day school on the banks of the River Thames in the City of London, England. It is the brother school of the City of London School for Girls and the co-educational City of London Freemen's School...

 and Trinity College, Oxford

Trinity College, Oxford

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, he was ordained in 1889 and began his career with a curacy

Curate

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 at Leeds Parish Church

Leeds Parish Church

Leeds Parish Church, or the Parish Church of Saint Peter-at-Leeds, in Leeds, West Yorkshire is a large Church of England parish church of major architectural and liturgical significance. It has been designated a grade I listed building by English Heritage...

. He was then appointed Vice Principal

Dean (education)

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 of Edinburgh Theological College

Edinburgh Theological College

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 Grosvenor Crescent where it gradually expanded to include residential accommodation and a library . The College’s academic gown was ...

 after which he was Principal

Dean (education)

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 of Leeds Clergy School before becoming Canon

Canon (priest)

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 of Manchester

Anglican Diocese of Manchester

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 in 1910. Two years later he became a Canon of St Paul's

St Paul's Cathedral

St Paul's Cathedral, London, is a Church of England cathedral and seat of the Bishop of London. Its dedication to Paul the Apostle dates back to the original church on this site, founded in AD 604. St Paul's sits at the top of Ludgate Hill, the highest point in the City of London, and is the mother...

, a post he held for seventeen years before his elevation to the Deanery

Deanery

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. He was a noted author.

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