| 词条 | James Simpson (explorer) |
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Personal lifeSimpson was born into a naval family. His grandfather Vice-Admiral Cortlandt Herbert Simpson was the commander of HMS Mullett and other vessels, and his father Rear Admiral Cortlandt Herbert Simpson also had a distinguished naval career. His family home for three generations was in Stoke-by-Nayland in Suffolk. Simpson sold it in 1969, building a smaller house for himself in the grounds, before eventually moving to Somerset and then to Devon in later life.[4] Simpson was married four times and had one daughter. His great-grandfather was John Busby, who along with his great-uncle James Busby were the fathers of the Australian wine industry. Naval careerHe was commissioned into the Royal Navy following graduation from the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. After service on several vessels, he resigned his commission in 1936 in order to study electrical engineering at the University of London. He returned to the Royal Navy in 1939 as an electrical officer, serving as an anti-submarine specialist, and in destroyers. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in the 1945 King's Birthday Honours. He retired from the Royal Navy in 1961.[5] British North Greenland expeditionNorth Ice was the name of a research station of the British North Greenland expedition (1952 to 1954) on the inland ice of Greenland. The expedition was led by Simpson, for which he received the Royal Geographical Society's Patron's Gold Medal in 1955.[6] See also
References1. ^http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-births-1837-2006?firstname=cortlandt%20&lastname=simpson {{DEFAULTSORT:Simpson, James}}{{UK-explorer-stub}}2. ^http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-deaths-1837-2007?firstname=cortlandt&lastname=simpson 3. ^{{London Gazette|issue=40339|supp=y|page=6789|date=26 November 1954}} 4. ^house deeds 5. ^{{cite web |url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1394433/Commander-Jim-Simpson.html |title = Commander Jim Simpson |work = Telegraph |author = |date = 16 May 2002 |accessdate =30 April 2009 }} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rgs.org/NR/rdonlyres/C5962519-882A-4C67-803D-0037308C756D/0/GoldMedallists18322011.pdf |title=List of Past Gold Medal Winners |publisher=Royal Geographical Society |accessdate=24 August 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927221002/http://www.rgs.org/NR/rdonlyres/C5962519-882A-4C67-803D-0037308C756D/0/GoldMedallists18322011.pdf |archivedate=27 September 2011 |df= }} 9 : 1911 births|2002 deaths|English explorers|English polar explorers|Explorers of the Arctic|Presidents of the Alpine Club (UK)|Commanders of the Order of the British Empire|Royal Navy officers|People from Stoke-by-Nayland |
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