Simpson may refer to: *

Simpson (name) Simpson is an English/Scottish patronymic surname from the medieval masculine given name 'Simme', a medieval variant of 'Simon (surname), Simon'. The earliest public record of the name was in 1353 in Staffordshire, West Midlands (region), West Mid ...

, a British surname

Organizations

Schools

Simpson College Simpson College is a Private college, private United Methodist Church, Methodist college in Indianola, Iowa. It is Higher education accreditation in the United States, accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and enrolled 1,151 students in ...

, in Indianola, Iowa *

Simpson University Simpson University is a Private college, private Evangelical Christianity, Christian Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Redding, California. Originally founded in 1921 in Seattle as Simpson Bible Institute, the i ...

, in Redding, California

Businesses

* Simpson (appliance manufacturer), former manufacturer and brand of whitegoods in Australia * Simpson Investment Company, an American holding company, formerly a forest products manufacturer * Simpson Manufacturing Company, an engineering firm and building materials producer in the United States *

Simpson Performance Products Simpson Performance Products is an American motorsports parts supplier that manufactures safety products such as gloves, helmets, harness systems, driver's suits, head restraints, and shoes. It is marketed to racers ranging from participants at lo ...

, an American motorsports parts supplier *

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is a white-shoe law firm headquartered in New York City. The firm specializes in litigation and corporate practices, particularly mergers and acquisitions and private equity, with approximately 1,500 attorneys in 1 ...

, a law firm *

Simpsons (department store) The Robert Simpson Company Limited, commonly known as Simpson's until 1972, then as Simpsons, and in Quebec sometimes as Simpson, was a Canadian department store chain that had its earliest roots in a store opened in 1858 by Robert Simpson. I ...

, a defunct Canadian department store *

Simpsons of Piccadilly Simpsons of Piccadilly was a large retail store situated at 203–206 Piccadilly in central London, England. It was created by Alexander Simpson and the architect Joseph Emberton. When it opened in April 1936, it was the largest menswear store i ...

, a defunct clothing store in London *

Simpson's-in-the-Strand Simpson's-in-the-Strand is one of London's oldest traditional English restaurants. Situated in Strand, London, the Strand, it is part of the Savoy Buildings, which also contain one of the world's most famous hotels, the Savoy Hotel, Savoy. Th ...

, one of London's oldest traditional English restaurants

Places

Australia

* Simpson, Northern Territory, a locality *

Simpson, Victoria Simpson is a town in the Western District of Victoria Australia. The town is in a dairying region and lies about halfway between Colac and the coastal fishing resort of Port Campbell. Most of the town is located in the Corangamite Shire, but ...

, a town * Simpson Conservation Park, a protected area in South Australia *

Simpson Desert The Simpson Desert is a large area of dry, red sandy plain and dunes in the Northern Territory, South Australia and Queensland in central Australia. It is the fourth-largest Deserts of Australia, Australian desert, with an area of . The Wangka ...

, a desert located in Queensland

Canada

* Simpson, Saskatchewan *

Simpson Pass Simpson Pass, el. , is a mountain pass on the border between the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia, in the area of the Ball Range. It is the prominence col for Mount Ball on the Continental Divide in the vicinity of Sunshine Vi ...

, a mountain pass on the British Columbia-Alberta boundary *

Simpson Peak (Canada) Simpson Peak 2170 m (7119 ft) is the northernmost officially-named summit in the Stikine Ranges of the Cassiar Mountains system in northernmost British Columbia, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and ...

, the northernmost named peak in the Cassiar Mountains, British Columbia *

Simpson Peninsula The Simpson Peninsula is a peninsula in the Gulf of Boothia in Canada's Nunavut territory. It is surrounded by waterways on three sides: Pelly Bay to the west, the Gulf of Boothia to the north, and Committee Bay to the east. Kugaaruk, a Netsil ...

, Nunavut * Simpson River, a river in Kootenay National Park, British Columbia (also North Simpson River) *Simpson's River, a historical name for the

Nass River The Nass River is a river in northern British Columbia, Canada. It flows from the Coast Mountains southwest to Nass Bay, a sidewater of Portland Inlet, which connects to the North Pacific Ocean via the Dixon Entrance. Nass Bay joins Portland I ...

United States

Simpson, Arkansas Simpson is an unincorporated community in the Ozark National Forest, Pope County, Arkansas, United States."Feature Detail Report for: Simpson, Arkansas." USGS The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is ...

Simpson, Illinois Simpson is a village in Johnson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 60 at the 2010 census. Geography Simpson is located in eastern Johnson County at (37.467977, -88.756277), in the valley of Cedar Creek, a south-flowing tributar ...

Simpson, Indiana Simpson is an unincorporated community in Union Township, Huntington County, Indiana. History Simpson was plat In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. Unit ...

Simpson, Kansas Simpson is a city in Cloud and Mitchell counties in Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 82. History Simpson was originally called Brittsville, and under the latter name had its start in 1871 when a s ...

Simpson, Louisiana Simpson is a village in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 638 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Fort Johnson South Micropolitan Statistical Area. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the villa ...

Simpson, Minnesota Simpson is an unincorporated community in Pleasant Grove Township, Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States, near Rochester and Stewartville. The community is located along Olmsted County Road 1 (Simpson Road) near County Road 16 and 68th St ...

Simpson, Nevada Simpson is an unincorporated community in Lyon County, in the U.S. state of Nevada. History A post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel ...

Simpson, North Carolina Simpson is a village in Pitt County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 390 at the 2020 census. The village is a part of the Greenville Metropolitan Area. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a ...

Simpson County, Kentucky Simpson County is a county located in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the total population was 19,594. Its county seat is Franklin. History Simpson County was established in 1819 from Allen, L ...

Simpson County, Mississippi Simpson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. Its western border is formed by the Pearl River, an important transportation route in the 19th century. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,949. The county seat ...

* Simpson Creek (disambiguation) * Simpson Township (disambiguation)

Elsewhere

Simpson, Milton Keynes Simpson is a village in Milton Keynes, England. It was one of the villages of History of Buckinghamshire, historic Buckinghamshire that was Milton Keynes#Birth of a 'new city', included in the "New City" in 1967. It is located south of the cent ...

, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom *Simpson Peak, a mountain in the

Scott Mountains (Antarctica) The Scott Mountains are a large number of isolated peaks lying south of Amundsen Bay in Enderby Land of East Antarctica, Antarctica. Discovered on 13 January 1930 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) und ...

* Simpson River, Chile *

Cape Simpson (Greenland) Cape Simpson () is a headland in the Greenland Sea, Northeast Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. History This headland was named "Cape Simpson" in 1822 by William Scoresby (1789 – 1857). Numerous ...

Science, technology, and mathematics

* Simpson index, a diversity index in ecology *

Simpson's paradox Simpson's paradox is a phenomenon in probability and statistics in which a trend appears in several groups of data but disappears or reverses when the groups are combined. This result is often encountered in social-science and medical-science st ...

, in statistics *

Simpson's rule In numerical integration, Simpson's rules are several approximations for definite integrals, named after Thomas Simpson (1710–1761). The most basic of these rules, called Simpson's 1/3 rule, or just Simpson's rule, reads \int_a^b f(x) \, ...

, in mathematics * Simpson point, a Paleoindian projectile point * Simpson test, a test for the disease ocular myasthenia gravis