Cuthbert Aikman Simpson was an Anglican priest and academic.
[1] Born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, on 24 May 1892,[2] he was educated at the University of King's College in Nova Scotia and Christ Church, Oxford.
He was ordained in 1921, his first post was a curacy at St Alban's Woodside, Nova Scotia.
[3] He was a Fellow and Tutor at the General Theological Seminary in New York City.
In 1960 Simpson served as president to the Society for Old Testament Study.