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James Simpson
Born	1799
Died	1869
Nationality	British
Occupation	Engineer
Engineering career
Discipline	civil engineer
Institutions	Institution of Civil Engineers (president) Fellow of the Royal Society

James Simpson FRS FRSA (1799–1869) was a British civil engineer. He was president of the Institution of Civil Engineers from January 1853 to January 1855.

James Simpson was the fourth son of Thomas Simpson, engineer of the Chelsea Waterworks. James succeeded his father in both this post and that of engineer of the Lambeth Waterworks Company. It was under Simpson's instruction that the Chelsea Waterworks became the first in the country to install a slow sand filtration system to purify the water they were drawing from the River Thames. This filter consisted of successive beds of loose brick, gravel and sand to remove solids from the water.

He also designed waterworks at Windsor Castle and Bristol as well as The Wooden Pier at Southend on Sea.

Simpson established J. Simpson & Co., a manufacturer of steam engines and pumps, making several improvements to their design.

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