# Thomas Simson

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'''Thomas Simson''' (1696–1764) was a Scottish medical academic at the [University of St Andrews](/source/University_of_St_Andrews).

==Life==

He was born in 1696.  He obtained the degree of [MD](/source/Doctor_of_Medicine) from the [University of Glasgow](/source/University_of_Glasgow) in 1720, and two years later, in 1722 was appointed as the first [Chandos Professor of Medicine](/source/Chandos_Chair_of_Medicine_and_Anatomy) at [St Salvator's College](/source/St_Salvator's_College%2C_St_Andrews), [University of St Andrews](/source/University_of_St_Andrews), the first specifically medical appointment at the university.  He was notable for lecturing predominantly in English, rather than the [Latin](/source/Latin) which was at that time the normal language within the university.

==Works==

His publications included:
*''Conick sections. Pitcarnii doctrina de circulatione sanguinii'' (1714)
*''De Re Medica'' (1726)
*''A System of the Womb'' (1729)
*''An inquiry how far the vital and animal actions of the more perfect animals can be accounted for independent of the brain'' (1752)

==Family==

He married Margaret Preston on 20 January 1724, who bore him four children: Preston Simson (''1728–1815''); Robert Simson (''1731–1817''); Agnes Simson (''1733–1780''); and [James Simson](/source/James_Simson) (''1740–1770'').

He died in 1764, and who succeeded by his son [James Simson](/source/James_Simson) as [Chandos Professor](/source/Chandos_Chair_of_Medicine_and_Anatomy) at the university.

==References==
*''[Dictionary of National Biography](/source/Dictionary_of_National_Biography)''

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