Eve Blantyre Simpson
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1855 – 1920
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Who was Eve Blantyre Simpson?
Eve Blantyre Simpson was the daughter of Professor James Young Simpson, who popularised the use of chloroform as an anaesthetic. She wrote biographies of her father and of Robert Louis Stevenson. She also wrote a notable book on folk-lore in Scotland which refers to the early traditions such as Beltane. She was born on 15 December 1855 in Edinburgh and her mother was Jessie Grindlay. She remained unmarried and died of liver cancer on 23 January 1920 at Edinburgh.
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- Born
- Dec 15, 1855
Edinburgh - Also known as
- Evelyn Blantyre Simpson
- Eve Blantyre Simpson
- Parents
- Lived in
- Edinburgh
- Died
- Jan 23, 1920
Edinburgh
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on July 23, 2013
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