| Authorised form of name | Simpson; Thomas (1710 - 1761) |
| Surname | Simpson |
| Forenames | Thomas |
| Dates | 1710 - 1761 |
| Nationality | British |
| Dates and places | Birth:
Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, England (20 August 1710)
Death:
Market Bosworth, Leicestershire (14 May 1761)
Burial:
Sutton Cheynell, Leicestershire |
| Activity | Research Field:
Mathematics |
| Royal Society activity | Membership:
Fellow
Election Date:
5/12/1745 |
| 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 | |
| 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 |