# Alfred Edward Simpson > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alfred_Edward_Simpson > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alfred_Edward_Simpson.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Edward_Simpson > Source revision: 1313204583 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Australian architect (1868–1940)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox person/Wikidata | fetchwikidata = ALL }} '''Alfred Edward Simpson''' (29 June 1868 – 9 September 1940) was an architect in [South Australia](/source/South_Australia), for 18 years that State's Architect in Chief. ==History== Simpson was born in [Woodville, South Australia](/source/Woodville%2C_South_Australia), the only child of Edward Robert Simpson (c. 1833 – 11 July 1900) of the [South Australian Company](/source/South_Australian_Company) and Jane Mossman "Jeanie" Simpson née Davie (c. 1837 – 15 April 1910) who married on 28 February 1865. Jeanie married again, to [William Gilbert MP](/source/William_Gilbert_(politician)) on 14 April 1904.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article208773956 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=[The Express and Telegraph](/source/The_Express_and_Telegraph) |volume=XLI |issue=12,218 |location=South Australia |date=22 June 1904 |accessdate=24 September 2018 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}} Simpson was educated at [Prince Alfred College](/source/Prince_Alfred_College) and the [University of Adelaide](/source/University_of_Adelaide) before being articled to [D. Garlick & Son](/source/D._Garlick_%26_Son) architects. He was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Architects and on 17 March 1890 joined the S.A. Works and Buildings Department as a draftsman, and was promoted to Deputy Superintendent of Public Buildings in November 1917 and Superintendent in 1920.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65021335 |title=Concerning People |newspaper=[The Register (Adelaide)](/source/The_Register_(Adelaide)) |volume=LXXXV |issue=22,826 |location=South Australia |date=6 January 1920 |accessdate=24 September 2018 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}} Simpson was elected a Fellow of the [South Australian Institute of Architects](/source/South_Australian_Institute_of_Architects) in 1914. He was also a Fellow of the [Royal Australian Institute of Architects](/source/Royal_Australian_Institute_of_Architects). He was awarded the Imperial Service Order in June 1936.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article132207906 |title=Adelaide peoiple honored |newspaper=[The News (Adelaide)](/source/The_News_(Adelaide)) |volume=XXVI |issue=4,031 |location=South Australia |date=23 June 1936 |accessdate=24 September 2018 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}} He retired in June 1938{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137462487 |title=Designer of Parliament Additions Retires at 70 |newspaper=[The News (Adelaide)](/source/The_News_(Adelaide)) |volume=XXX |issue=4,647 |location=South Australia |date=16 June 1938 |accessdate=24 September 2018 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}} and died two years later. ==Notable works== *Completed [Parliament House, Adelaide](/source/Parliament_House%2C_Adelaide), also added east wing{{cite web|author=Collins, Susan|title=Architects of South Australia:Simpson, Alfred Edward|publisher=Architecture Museum, University of South Australia|year=2008|url=http://www.architectsdatabase.unisa.edu.au/arch_full.asp?Arch_ID=73}} *Two-storey extension to Magistrates' Court, Victoria Square 1921, also a three-storey extension 1933. *[Adelaide Teachers' College](/source/Adelaide_Teachers'_College) Kintore Avenue 1927{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article54099154 |title=Teachers' College |newspaper=[The Register (Adelaide)](/source/The_Register_(Adelaide)) |volume=XCII |issue=26,706 |location=South Australia |date=22 March 1927 |accessdate=24 September 2018 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}} *"Melrose Wing" extension to [Art Gallery of South Australia](/source/Art_Gallery_of_South_Australia) 1936, also added classical facade and entrance foyer. thumb|caricature by J. H. Chinner ==Family== Simpson married Frances Isabella Kell (died 7 November 1946 at vicarage, North Adelaide) on 7 September 1898. *Brian Kell Simpson (1899– ) married Elsie Gwendoline Sandford Colquhoun (1901– ) in 1927 *[Dorothy Mary Kell "Mollie" Simpson](/source/Dorothy_Finnis) (10 March 1903 – 19 May 1970), one of South Australia's first physiotherapists, married Rev., later Canon, [Horace Percy Finnis](/source/Horace_Percy_Finnis) (died 1960) on 6 January 1945. *Bessie Hope Kell Simpson (1905– ) married Eric Alfred Burden (1903–1944) in 1935 **John Edward Burden (b. 27 December 1935) **Robert Michael Burden (b. 25 May 1937) married (1) Margaret Anne Leahy (1937-1996) and (2) Margaret Stewart-Jones on 30 June 2000 ***Michael John Burden ([Michael Burden](/source/Michael_Burden)) (b. 14 March 1960) ***Alison Anne Burden (b. 4 October 1961) **Catherine Mary Burden (b. 27 May 1942) They had a home in Watson Avenue, [Toorak Gardens](/source/Toorak_Gardens%2C_South_Australia). They were not clearly related to the [South Australian family of industrialists](/source/Alfred_Simpson_(ironmaster)). == References == {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Simpson, Alfred Edward}} Category:1868 births Category:1940 deaths Category:Architects from South Australia Category:Colony of South Australia people Category:People educated at Prince Alfred College --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Alfred Edward Simpson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Edward_Simpson) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Edward_Simpson?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.