Cuthbert Aikman Simpson

Who was Cuthbert Aikman Simpson?

The Very Reverend Cuthbert Aikman Simpson was an Anglican Dean from 1959 until 1969.

Born on 24 May 1892, educated at the University of King's College in Nova Scotia and ordained in 1921, his first post was a curacy at St Alban's Woodside, Nova Scotia. He was a Fellow and Tutor at the General Theological Seminary in New York City. In 1954 he became a Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, and Regius Professor of Hebrew in the University of Oxford. Five years later he became Dean of Christ Church. a post he held until 1969. An eminent author, he died on 30 June 1969.