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  John Simpson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Cody Fidler-Simpson CBE (born August 9, 1944), commonly known as John Simpson, is a British journalist who currently holds the role of World Affairs Editor for the BBC.
Simpson was one of the few journalists to remain in Belgrade during the Kosovo War of 1999.
A son was born to the couple in January 2006 (Simpson becomes a father aged 61).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Simpson   (520 words)

  
 John Simpson Kirkpatrick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Simpson Kirkpatrick (July 6, 1892 – May 19, 1915), also known as Jack Simpson, was a stretcher bearer with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps at Gallipoli during World War I.
Kirkpatrick enlisted as "No. 202 Private Jack Simpson" with C Section, Australian 3rd Field Ambulance, which was the medical unit attached to the Australian 3rd Brigade that provided the covering force, first ashore, at Gallipoli.
John Simpson Kirkpatrick is buried in Beach Cemetery at Anzac Cove.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Simpson_Kirkpatrick   (631 words)

  
 Dr John Edward Simpson
John Edward Simpson, 37, was born in 1875 at Belfast.
His father was John Simpson, M.D., their family home was at 76 Pakenham Place, Belfast.
John Edward Simpson had troubles with his health, so he decided to go to sea, when he realized that the sea climate would be better to him.
www.encyclopedia-titanica.org /biography.php?id=1373   (648 words)

  
 Chicago Tribune Obituary for John A. Simpson
Simpson invented a neutron monitor in 1948, setting up monitoring stations from Chicago to Peru by 1951, and discovered cosmic ray bombardment was less intense near the equator.
Simpson's instruments measured a solar flare, and the evidence pointed to the fact that the sun's magnetic field probably had a big effect on where in the solar system the solar wind blew.
Simpson is survived by his wife, Elizabeth; a daughter, Mary Ann Smith; a son, John A. Simpson; and three grandchildren.
ulysses.sr.unh.edu /simpson/trib_obit.html   (820 words)

  
 Physics Today December 2000
Simpson was born on 3 November 1916 in Portland, Oregon.
Simpson was one of the 12 discipline scientists who organized the scientific program of the 1957-58 International Geophysical Year to study cosmic rays, solar physics, and magnetospheric physics.
Over the succeeding decades, Simpson and his associates progressively developed the technology and, by 1985, had achieved a solid-state device the size of a modest lunch box that determines the energy, charge, and mass of all the individual nuclear isotopes through iron and nickel and beyond over a broad range of energy.
www.physicstoday.org /pt/vol-53/iss-12/p83b.html   (573 words)

  
 Men of ANZAC - John Simpson Kirkpatrick - ANZAC History, ANZAC Day, ANZAC Day History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
John Simpson Kirkpatrick, affectionately known as "the man and his donkey", was born on the 6th of July 1892 in South Shields, England.
Simpson had hoped that, by joining the army, he might get a free trip back home to England which was where the initial Australian force were destined to go for their basic training.
Simpson knew no fear and moved unconcernedly amid shrapnel and rifle fire, steadily carrying out his self-imposed task day by day, and he frequently earned the applause of the personnel for his many fearless rescues of wounded men from areas subject to rifle and shrapnel fire.
www.anzachouse.com /simpson.shtml   (4849 words)

  
 Suburban News Publications, Columbus, Ohio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Simpson said his association with OSU and a seat on City Council would represent "an opportunity to strengthen the marriage between the between the two (entities)," he said.
Simpson said his relationship with current council members was fortified after he applied in 2003 to fill the council seat vacated by former council president David Varda, which eventually was filled by Mary Ann Kraus.
Simpson expressed disappointment that the rezoning of a parcel of Northwest Boulevard for the construction of a SkyBank at 3224 Northwest Blvd. -- recommended by the city's board of zoning appeals and approved by council -- has not been embraced by opponents and now faces referendum in November.
www.snponline.com /Bonus_Text/ELECTION_2005/9-28_uaSimpson.htm   (491 words)

  
 BBC - Press Office - John Simpson
John Simpson is the BBC's World Affairs Editor, the senior member of a team of London-based foreign and specialist correspondents.
John also presents the current and political affairs programme, Simpson's World, which is broadcast on both BBC World and BBC News 24.
John received a CBE in the Gulf War Honours (1991), and is one of only two people to have been twice named the Royal Television Society's Journalist of the Year (1991 and 2000).
www.bbc.co.uk /pressoffice/biographies/biogs/news/johnsimpson.shtml   (598 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Libby Brooks talks to John Simpson
Simpson joined the BBC at the age of 25, and was swiftly promoted to the position of political editor, a role he now describes as "like being in prison".
But Simpson is also accused of stealing the limelight at the expense of the unsung heroes of conflict reporting, the correspondents who toil for years on a patch before the megastars are parachuted in, and those who operate behind the camera.
Simpson insists that he would see it as "a great betrayal" if viewers were able to infer a political stance from his reports, but says that he feels sorry for Tony Blair who was, he believes, taken further than he wanted to go in Iraq by Bush.
www.guardian.co.uk /Iraq/Story/0,2763,1082351,00.html   (1772 words)

  
 INTBAU College of Traditional Practitioners - Simpson
John Simpson made his name with Ashfold House, West Sussex (1991), where he demonstrated how the classical language of architecture could be used in buildings that also satisfied contemporary needs.
John Simpson is also known for his masterplanning work, in 2000 he completed a mixed-use development in the heart of Chelsea in London.
John Simpson & Partners are currently the Masterplanners working with Swindon Borough Council, to deliver 4,500 new homes and additional employment, commercial and community uses on a site to the south of Swindon.
www.intbau.org /ictp/Simpson.htm   (356 words)

  
 John Alexander Simpson, Physicist, 1916-2000
Simpson also used outer space as his laboratory to study the composition of cosmic rays and how they are accelerated by the sun’s magnetic and galactic fields.
Simpson continued to work until his recent illness and was involved in interplanetary space missions scheduled to collect data for much of the current decade.
Simpson was born Nov. 3, 1916, in Portland, Ore. He received his bachelor’s degree from Reed College in Portland in 1940, then attended New York University, where he earned his master’s degree in 1942 and his doctorate in 1943.
www-news.uchicago.edu /releases/00/000901.simpson-obit.shtml   (1541 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Simpson of Kabul
It was a gripping brush with danger, and it came to define Simpson's reputation for judging the moment and grasping the showbusiness of war - a capacity that awes and infuriates his colleagues in roughly equal measure.
Simpson, though, knew that he would be the story, even telephoning a BBC press officer at home in the early hours of yesterday morning to alert her to the publicity opportunities.
Simpson joined the BBC in May 1970, at the age of 25; within a week he had got himself punched in the stomach by Harold Wilson for daring to interrupt a stage-managed photo opportunity.
www.guardian.co.uk /g2/story/0,3604,593019,00.html   (2006 words)

  
 The Lady - John Simpson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The bomb, which landed only about 12 yards from John, killed at least 16 other people and he, himself, would have been one of them if it had not been for his flak jacket, in which a piece of shrapnel that could have penetrated his spine was lodged.
John Simpson is a big man - not only in stature, he is broad-chested and six feet two inches tall - but also in his open-minded approach to life - his sense of humour, his tolerance and his lack of pomposity.
John and Dee have a house overlooking the Irish Sea near Dublin, which is their main base, a flat in Paris and now they also have one in central London.
www.lady.co.uk /articles/0346artA.cfm?framed=y   (1526 words)

  
 Fairmont Hotels & Resorts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Simpson’s is one of the few London restaurants offering only the finest quality British ingredients cooked to perfection in classic British style.
Simpson’s Master Cook, Paul Muddiman, is delighted to champion the cause of real British puddings with his classic treacle sponge and custard ranking as one of his signature dishes.
John Simpson introduced the practice of wheeling large joints of meat on silver dinner trolleys to each table and carving them in front of guests - a custom that is still upheld today.
www.fairmont.com /svy/simpsons   (601 words)

  
 John Alexander Simpson, 83, Nuclear and Cosmic Scientist
Other missions in which Dr. Simpson was involved included a fly-by of Venus, nine planetary encounters and dust experiments on two Soviet Vega spacecraft that investigated Halley's comet, for which he received the Gagarin Medal for Space Exploration of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences in 1986.
John Simpson was born in Portland, Ore. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Reed College in 1940 and received his M.S. in 1942 and Ph.D. in 1943 from New York University.
Dr. Simpson is survived by his wife of 20 years, Elizabeth Scott Johnson Simpson; a daughter and a son by an earlier marriage, Mary Ann Smith of Bangor, Mich., and John A. Simpson, of Nahant, Mass.; and three grandsons.
ulysses.sr.unh.edu /simpson/NY_TIMES_OBIT.html   (698 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | In Depth | Newsmakers | John Simpson: Action Addict
The BBC said later that "John was being ironic", but his words, coupled with the possibly premature pronouncement that "the Taliban are finished in Afghanistan", raised a few eyebrows back home.
Simpson believes the demands of his job ended his first marriage, but says his second wife, Dee, a television producer, has done more perilous things for the BBC in the townships of her native Johannesburg than anything with which he has been confronted.
Of course, although John Simpson is now a veteran of 57, he has no thoughts of retiring to island solitude and hanging up his videophone.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/in_depth/uk/2000/newsmakers/1660087.stm   (873 words)

  
 John Simpson's story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
John Simpson accompanied his wife, Lin, to Mayo Clinic for foot surgery in 1994.
John's age at the time, 62, and family history put him at increased risk for colon cancer.
John had minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery to treat it -- part of a Mayo Clinic-led study comparing the surgery to standard "open" surgery for colon cancer.
www.mayoclinic.org /endocrinology-rst/johnsimpson.html   (580 words)

  
 John W. Simpson
Simpson was born in Owen County, Indiana, March 26, 1854, and is of old Virginia colonial stock.
John Simpson married Rhoda Barnes, who was born at Zanesville, Ohio, in 1819, and died in Owen County, Indiana, in 1901.
Mayor Simpson sold nearly all the lots in platting the City of Tescott and has much land platted around the town, so that its growth cannot be blocked.
skyways.lib.ks.us /kansas/kansas/genweb/archives/1918ks/bios/simpsojw.html   (536 words)

  
 Comments on the life and times of John A. Simpson
John was one of the grandfathers of space physics and his long, active and productive involvement in our science enriched the field for all of us.
Ed B. Massey ____________________________________________________ From: John A. Wood Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Subject: Requiescat in Pace Dear Colleagues: It is with great sadness that I relay to you news I have received from Tom Donahue, that one of the most distinguished members of Section 16, John Simpson, died Thursday, August 31, of complications from heart surgery.
John worked with Enrico Fermi at the University of Chicago in the Manhattan Project; subsequently he was a pioneer in promoting the peaceful uses of atomic power and establishing the Union of Atomic Scientists.
ulysses.uchicago.edu /simpson/simpson_memories.html   (1891 words)

  
 John Simpson, pioneering physicist, dies at age 83
Simpson soon turned his attention to cosmic rays, subatomic particles that constantly bombard Earth from all directions at nearly the speed of light.
Simpson also used outer space as his laboratory to study the composition of cosmic rays and how the sun’s magnetic and galactic fields accelerate them.
Simpson’s dust instruments continue to collect data on a variety of space missions: the Stardust mission, which is headed toward a 2004 rendezvous with Comet Wild-2; the Cassini mission to Saturn; and the Air Force’s Advanced Research and Global Observation Satellite.
chronicle.uchicago.edu /000921/simpson.shtml   (881 words)

  
 Simpson Family History
The information on the site has been gathered by John Simpson during his research of the family history from various sources such as the NSW State Library, the NSW Mitchell Library, the NSW Archives, Blacktown City Council Library, various Internet Web sites and a number of people contacts that were located during the research.
John Wilson Rowell from Durham England and Margaret Arkle from Wales were married in Satley Durham in 1873.
Her husband is descended from Edward Arthur Rowell, the grandson of John Wilson Rowell and Margaret Arkle who migrated from England to Australia in 1877.
www.hometown.aol.com.au /johnsimpsonjc/Simpson/SimpsonHome.htm   (1173 words)

  
 Simpson
Jack Simpson Kirkpatrick was born in 1892 at South Shields in the north east of England.
Colonel John Monash wrote "Private Simpson and his little beast earned the admiration of everyone at the upper end of the valley.
The judgement of Colonel (later General Sir John) Monash was that Jack Simpson should be awarded the Victoria Cross.
www.anzacs.net /Simpson.htm   (1058 words)

  
 Rottweiler Puppy » Blog Archive » John Simpson Does Some Cartoon Journalism
Last July, when his colleagues at the BBC were dithering over whether or not to use the term ‘terrorists’ in their reports on the 7/7 bombings, the Corporation’s senior blowhard, John Simpson, effectively raised the PC-bar by labelling the terroscum as ‘misguided criminals’.
But still no mention from Simpson concerning the very first riots, which kicked off in Denmark at the same time Danish Muslim leaders were meeting the mild and moderate Mr.
On the strength of this, Simpson at least seems to agree with half of what Voltaire said — He may hate what the ‘misguided criminals’ have to say, but he’ll fight to someone else’s death for their right to say it.
rottypup.com /?p=491   (2726 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Strange Places, Questionable People: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
John Simpson has had an extraordinary professional life: he has been to 101 countries, interviewed 120 rulers of various persuasions, and witnessed 29 wars and uprisings.
In this book, Simpson recounts his life, his route to get to the BBC, his early life at the BBC in the radio news office, and how he progressed to be foreign correspondent amongst many other roles within the BBC, for which he is of course now famous.
Simpson is a show business star, with himself always on camera and, in his books, at the centre of the story.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/033035566X   (1412 words)

  
 John W Simpson Diary Mar 1909 - Nov 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Mary, Irene and i to Wm Simpsons funeral.
Maggie and i to John Tomkins funeral at the catholic church.
i to John Shaws and to the Bowden farm.
www.zonzorp.net /tedd/jws/1909/jws_1909.htm   (9172 words)

  
 ZoomInfo Web Summary: John Simpson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
John M. Simpson is a veteran journalist who held top editing positions at international, national and community newspapers.
Simpson holds a B.A. in philosophy from Harpur College of SUNY Binghamton and was a Gannett Fellow at the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies at the University of Hawaii.
John M. Simpson, stem cell project director for the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, said that the agency was making it clear there would be no loophole for eggs that may have been paid for and procured overseas, which he and the Center for Genetics and Society had raised concerns about.
www.zoominfo.com /directory/John_Simpson.htm   (357 words)

  
 Yearning for the Land by John Warfield Simpson (2002) - John Muir Exhibit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
John Warfield Simpson physically retraces the Muirs' journey as he delves into the meaning and importance of place in three different societies.
Simpson skillfully links the story of people and the land in Scotland and the USA by following the journey of John Muir, the Father of the modern conservation movement, from the Old World to the New.
John Warfield Simpson's lyrical book is a signpost on the road back to a national life based on places that are worth caring about."
www.sierraclub.org /john_muir_exhibit/bibliographic_resources/press_releases/yearning_for_the_land.html   (445 words)

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