Who was George
Simpson?Who was George
Simpson?Sir George Simpson was governor of the Hudson's Bay Company in Canada from1821 to 1856.
He was born in Scotland. about 1792 and in 1820 was sent by the Hudson's Bay Company to Canada, where he took charge of the important Athabaska fur district.
Appointed governor of the northern department of the company in in 1821 the same year they merged with the North West Company, he became governor of the northern department of the united company and later was made governor of Rupert's Land and general superintendent of the company in North America.
Simpson encouraged exploration of his vast realm; his cousin Thomas Simpson explored the arctic coast, and he himself journeyed constantly (twice crossing the continent) from one wilderness trading post to another.
His 1841-42 "overland" trip around the world, during which he crossed Siberia to St. Petersburg, is described in his Narrative of an Overland Journey round the World . It was published in 1847.
He was knighted in 1841 and died in 1860.
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