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George Buchan Simpson

British businessman

Died when: 71 years 265 days (860 months)
Star Sign: Libra

 

George Buchan Simpson

George B.Simpson (10 October 1820 – 1 July 1892) 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 "Dundee’s Forgotten Maecenas" according to a recent academic paper.


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