Sutherland Simpson FRSE (3 February 1863 – 2 March 1926[1]) was a Scottish physician who emigrated to the United States to become Professor of Physiology at Cornell University.
He was born at Saraquoy on the island of Flotta in the Orkney Isles on 3 February 1863, the eldest son of Margaret (née Taylor) and Sutherland Simpson.
He worked on his father's croft and aimed to be master of a sailing ship so studied navigation under a teacher on the island, John Brown Gorrie.
He took seven years of evening classes to gain a general degree then became eligible to study medicine at the university.
In 1908 Sharpey-Schafer was invited to Cornell University and asked to recommend a professor of Physiology and Biochemistry.