| Authorised form of name | Simpson; Thomas (1710 - 1761) |
| Dates | 1710 - 1761 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, England |
| Date of birth | 20 August 1710 |
| Place of death | Market Bosworth, Leicestershire |
| Date of death | 14 May 1761 |
| Dates and places | Burial:
Sutton Cheynell, Leicestershire |
| Research field | Mathematics |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 05/12/1745 |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB |
| Royal Society code | NA5356 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1745/15 | Simpson, Thomas: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 5 December 1745 |
| L&P/2/550 | Paper, 'Of a general rule for the resolution of isoperimetrical problems' by Thomas Simpson | 1754 |
| L&P/2/334 | Paper, 'Of Mr Silvabelle's tract on the precession of the equinox' by Thomas Simpson | 1752 |
| L&P/3/6 | Letter, 'On the advantage of taking the mean of a number of observations in practical astronomy' from Thomas Simpson to George Parker | 1755 |
| L&P/3/273 | Paper, 'The resolution of a general proposition for determining the horary alteration of the position of the terrestrial equator' by Thomas Simpson | 1757 |
| L&P/3/336 | Paper, 'Invention of a general method for determining the sum of every 2nd 3rd 4th or 5th term of a series taken in order, the sum of the whole series being known' by Thomas Simpson | 1757 |