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BY the death of Sir William Simpson on Sept. 20, after a few days' illness, a great exponent of tropical hygiene has passed away. William John Ritchie Simpson was born in Aberdeen, in 1855, where, after schooling in Jersey, he became a medical student, qualifying in 1876 and taking the M.D. degree four years later. He determined to choose public health as a career, and soon became the first medical officer of health of his native city and lecturer on hygiene in the University.
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HEWLETT, R. Sir William Simpson, C.M.G.. Nature 128, 695–696 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/128695b0
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