George Buchan Simpson

George B. Simpson was a Scottish art collector, connoisseur and patron of Scottish painters. He financed his interests through his wealth acquired as a linen manufacturer and jute merchant in Dundee. He is Dundees Forgotten Maecenas according to a recent academic paper.

George Buchan Simpson was born in Dundee onOctober 1820. His father was Robert Simpson, a shipmaster and later a flax merchant, and his mother was Janet Buchan. He was educated at Mr. Gilberts School in Meadow Entry, Dundee. He married Margaret Maria Shaw onJune 1856 at Fettercairn in Kincardineshire. They had two sons and four daughters Robert John, Jessie, Catherine, Florence, Eleanor and Kenneth. He died in Edinburgh onJuly 1892.

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