A. W. B. Simpson

Alfred William Brian Simpson
Born(1931-08-17)17 August 1931
Kendal, Cumbria, England
Died10 January 2011(2011-01-10) (aged 79)
Sandwich, Kent, England
NationalityEnglish
CitizenshipUK
Occupation(s)Legal scholar, educator, legal historian
Spouses
Kathleen Seston
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(m. 1954; div. 1968)​
Caroline E.A. Brown
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(m. 1969)​
Children5
Academic background
Alma materThe Queen's College, Oxford
Academic work
Institutions

Alfred William Brian Simpson, QC (Hon.), JP, FBA (17 August 1931[1][2] – 10 January 2011)[3] usually referred to as Brian Simpson and publishing as A. W. Brian Simpson, was a British legal historian and legal philosopher.[4][5] At the time of his retirement, he was Charles F. and Edith J. Clyne Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School.[3]

  1. ^ "Professor A.W. Brian Simpson : 17th August 1931- 10th January… · News · The AIRE Centre". airecentre.org. Archived from the original on 28 January 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
  2. ^ date & year of birth, full name according to LCNAF CIP data
  3. ^ a b "University of Michigan Law School Faculty & Staff". cgi2.www.law.umich.edu. Archived from the original on 23 September 2005. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
  4. ^ "SIMPSON, (Alfred William) Brian". The International Who's Who (70th ed.). London & New York: Routledge. 2006. p. 1936. ISBN 1-85743-366-1.
  5. ^ McCrudden, Christopher (1 February 2011). "Obituary: Brian Simpson; Leading academic lawyer in the field of legal history, legal philosophy and human rights". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 November 2021.