# Benjamin Simpson

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British Surgeon-General and photographer

**Sir Benjamin Simpson** [KCIE](/source/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Indian_Empire) (31 March 1831 – 27 June 1923)[1] was a British Surgeon-General and photographer who served in the [Indian Medical Service Bengal](/source/Indian_Medical_Service) from 1853 until 1890[2] His late 19th century photos of Kandahar,[3] Quetta, Bombay, Tomb of Amhed Shah, Baba Wali Kotal, Idgah Gate, Durani, Chilzina, Tukatoo, and Kirka Sharif have been collected in albums. Because the photos were grouped with those of [John Burke (photographer)](/source/John_Burke_(photographer)) and those of others, many cannot be attributed.

Simpson was a member of the Bengal Photographic Society and produced 80 photographs grouped as *Racial Types of Northern India* he exhibited at the [London International Exhibition](/source/London_International_Exhibition) in 1862, earning a gold medal. He also visited Assam in 1867 and 1868 producing illustrations for *Descriptive ethnology of Bengal* published in 1872. His photographs were also used in the eight volume series *The People of India* published 1868–1875. Simpson also photographed scenes during the Second Afghan War of 1879–1880 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. They were published by Bourne & Shepherd.[2]

On 15 February 1887 he was in the first group of people appointed Knights Commander of the [Order of the Indian Empire](/source/Order_of_the_Indian_Empire) (KCIE).[1]

## Gallery

		- [Chilzina](/source/Chilzina) in [Kandahar](/source/Kandahar) circa 1881

		- Courtyard of [Wali Sher Ali](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wali_Sher_Ali&action=edit&redlink=1) in 1881

		- Ruins of the old [Kandahar Citadel](/source/Old_Kandahar), 1881

		- *Afghanistan Album* with photographs from Simpson, [John Burke](/source/John_Burke_(photographer)) and others

		- Photograph of [Col. Mowbray Thomson](/source/Mowbray_Thomson) from *Afghanistan Album*

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-NCBI_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-NCBI_1-1) ["Sir Benjamin Simpson, K.c.i.e"](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2317326). *British Medical Journal*. **2** (3262): 48. 1923. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1136/bmj.2.3262.48](https://doi.org/10.1136%2Fbmj.2.3262.48). [PMC](/source/PMC_(identifier)) [2317326](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2317326).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-lum_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-lum_2-1) [Benjamin Simpson](https://www.luminous-lint.com/app/photographer/Benjamin__Simpson/A/) Luminous Lint

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Simpson, Benjamin (1881). ["British Occupation of Kandahār Album"](http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2013r5). *[Getty Research Institute](/source/Getty_Research_Institute)*. [hdl](/source/Hdl_(identifier)):[10020/cifa2013r5](https://hdl.handle.net/10020%2Fcifa2013r5). Retrieved 14 November 2020.

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