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English composer

Person · Open Library

Born
1710
Died
1761
Works
27

Top works

  • A new treatise of fluxions
  • Trigonometry, plane and spherical
  • The ladies' diary, or, woman's almanack, for the year of our Lord 1760
  • The doctrine of annuities and reversions
  • A supplement to the doctrine of annuities and reversions

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1582-04-01
Active to
1628
classicalcomposerenglish composer

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1,978
Total plays
7,970

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Thomas Simpson (1582-1628) was an English composer. Simpson was born in Milton-next-Sittingbourne (now Milton Regis), Kent. There is no record of his first twenty-five years apart from his baptism (1st April). He seems to have been writing music by about 1602, when a surviving manuscript appears to have been written. Not long after this he travelled to Germany, as his name appears as a musician serving under the Elector Palatine at the Heidelberg Court. Simpson's wife was French, which might

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Thomas
Family name
Simpson
Gender
male
Place of birth
Kent
Place of death
Copenhagen
Occupation
composer
Languages spoken
English language
Instrument
viol
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date of birth
1582-00-00
date of death
1628-01-01
date of baptism
1582-04-01
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Works in European collections

5 objects attributed to Thomas Simpson, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Available in 5 languages

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