Mercer Simpson
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1926 – 2007
Who was Mercer Simpson?
Mercer Frederick Hampson Simpson, was an English-born writer who spent most of his life in Wales.
He was born in Fulham, London, and educated at King Edward VI School, Bury St Edmunds. He served in the Royal Marines during World War II, and afterwards studied at Magdalene College, Cambridge. In 1950, having trained as a teacher, he moved to Cardiff, where he spent most of the rest of his life. In 1967 he was appointed a lecturer at what later became the University of Glamorgan. He was active in Welsh literary circles, and was a contributor and editor of several anthologies.
East Anglian Wordscapes
Rain from a Clear Blue Sky
Early Departures, Late Arrivals;
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