Simpson, Sir William John Ritchie, (1855–20 Sept. 1931), Order of St Sava, Serbia, 1918; Director of Tropical Hygiene, Ross Inst. and Hospital for Tropical Medicine; Physician to the Hospital; Emeritus Professor of Hygiene and Public Health, University of London (King’s College); formerly Lecturer on Tropical Medicine, King’s College Hospital; lecturer at the London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1898–1923; Ex-President Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene; formerly Member of the Naval Medical Consultative Board; Member of the Admiralty Committee on Ventilation of Warships, 1912–13–14; Member of the Advisory Committee to the Secretary of State for the Colonies on Medical and Sanitary matters; Member of the Yellow Fever (West Africa) Commission; editor, Journal of Tropical Medicine