# George Simpson

> Sir George Simpson was a Scottish explorer businessman. He was the colonial governor of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) during the period of its greatest power. From 1820 to 1860, he was in practice, if not in law, the British viceroy for the whole of Rupert's Land, an enormous territory of 3.9 million square kilometres corresponding to nearly forty per cent of modern-day Canada.

*Scottish colonial administrator and explorer*

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## Identity
- **Born:** 1787
- **Died:** 1860-09-07
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 43.3 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 50.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 40.0 / 100

## Sources
- [George Simpson](https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Simpson)
- [جورج سيمبسون (مستكشف)](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%83%D8%B4%D9%81))
- [George Simpson (Kaufmann)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Simpson_(Kaufmann))
- [George Simpson (businessman)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Simpson_(businessman))
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- [George Simpson](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Simpson)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q325854)

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