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Alfred Edward Simpson (29 June 1868 – 9 September 1940) was an architect in South Australia, for 18 years that State's Architect in Chief.
Simpson was born in Woodville, South Australia, the only child of Edward Robert Simpson (c. 1833 – 11 July 1900) of the South Australian Company and Jane Mossman "Jeanie" Simpson née Davie (c. 1837 – 15 April 1910) who married on 28 February 1865. Jeanie married again, to William Gilbert MP on 14 April 1904.[1]
Simpson was educated at Prince Alfred College and the University of Adelaide before being articled to D. Garlick & Son architects. He was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Architects and on 17 March 1890 joined the S.A. Works and Buildings Department as a draftsman, and was promoted to Deputy Superintendent of Public Buildings in November 1917 and Superintendent in 1920.[2]
Simpson was elected a Fellow of the South Australian Institute of Architects in 1914. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects.[3] He was awarded the Imperial Service Order in June 1936.[4]
He retired in June 1938[5] and died two years later.
Simpson married Frances Isabella Kell (died 7 November 1946 at vicarage, North Adelaide) on 7 September 1898.
They had a home in Watson Avenue, Toorak Gardens. They were not clearly related to the South Australian family of industrialists.
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