The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Simpson, William John Ritchie
Simpson, William John Ritchie M.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.S., C.M.G. (1909); s. of late John Simpson; b. 1855; educ: at Aberdeen University; Health Officer, Calcutta, 1886-97; Member of the Commission to enquire into Dysentery and Enteric in S. Africa, 1900-01; Member, Plague Commission at Hong-Kong, 1902; Professor of Hygiene, King’s College, London, since 1898; Member on the Committee to report on the sanitary condition of Singapore, 1909. Address: 31, York Terrace, Regent’s Park, N.W. Club: Oriental.