> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 611](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333750) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9685-1) LSID 9685-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19002158) QID Q19002158 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Simpson, Norman Douglas (1890-1974), British botanist and bibliographer; BA Cambr. Univ. 1911; Cambridge Diploma in Agriculture 1914; on active service in World War I 1914-1920; with the Cotton Research Board Station at El Giza nr Cairo 1921-1930; at the Peradiniya Botanic Garden, Ceylon 1931-1932; from 1932 living at Bournemouth dedicating himself entirely to botany, travelling, collecting plants and botanical books. **Abbreviated name**: *N. Simpson* \[standard form in IPNI: *N.D.Simpson*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection K|K]]; major part of library at [[Collection CGE|CGE]]. – Egyptian collection (esp. cotton) at [[Collection CAIM|CAIM]]; 100 nos. from Egypt also in [[Collection GOET|GOET]] (ex [[Collection K|K]]); other material at [[Collection LIV|LIV]], [[Collection NMW|NMW]]. #### Bibliography and biography BL 1: 30, 318, 2: 281, 717; Desmond p. 560; MW p. 452. #### Biofile - Anon., Gard. Chron. 176(13): 7. 1974 (obit. not.). - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 269.325. 1980. - Kent, D.H., Brit. herb. 78. 1957 (herb.). - Kent, D.H. & D.E. Allen, Brit. Irish herb. 243. 1984. - Lowden, R.M., Taxon, Index pers. names vols. 1-30. 671. 1985. - Stearn, W.T., Watsonia 10: 403-410. 1975 (b. 23 Sep 1890, d. 29 Aug 1974; obit., bibl.); The Times 2 Oct 1974 (obit). - Wagenitz, G., Index coll. princ. herb. Gott. 157. 1982. #### Note Simpson's main bibliographic work was published in 1960: *A bibliographical index of the British flora*, including floras, herbals, periodicals, societies and references relating to the identification, distribution and occurrence of phanerogams, vascular cryptogams and charophytes in the British Isles. Bournemouth 1960, xix, 429 p.