William Selby Simpson
From Graces Guide
c.1856 Born in Paddington[1]; son of William Simpson, artists' colourman; nephew of George Simpson (1819-1894)
1871 Apprenticed to Valentine Sentance, grocer[2]
1876 Joined Brooke, Simpson, and Spiller, makers of artificial dyes
1879 A chemist; married Emma Eugenie Pelham in Belsize Park[3]
1891 Scientific chemist and aniline manufacturer, living in Hackney with Emma E Simpson 32[4]
1903 Left Brookes and formed his own company British Aniline Dye and Chemical Works Ltd.
1911 Aniline dye manufacturer, living in Southgate with Emma Eugine Simpson[5]
1941 Died
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