David Simpson (priest)

(12 October 1745 – 24 March 1799) was an Anglican priest who spent most of his career in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England.

He was educated at Scorton Grammar School and then at St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A in 1769 and M.A.

[2] In September 1769 Simpson was ordained deacon and worked as a curate in Ramsden Bellhouse, Essex.

He was invited to move to Macclesfield by Charles Roe, a local evangelical industrialist, and was appointed assistant curate at St Michael's Church.

He was a prolific author, publishing over 30 works, which included sermons, tracts, essays, and volumes of apologetic.