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Bill (William George) Simpson. British University Librarian, born 27 June 1945. Educated at Liverpool Institute High School, University of Liverpool (BA with first class honours in Hebrew and Egyptian), University of Aberdeen. Career: Gilroy Scholar in Semitic Languages, University of Aberdeen, 1968; Assistant Librarian, Oriental Library, University of Durham, 1969-73; Assistant Librarian, Sub Librarian, Senior Sub-Librarian and Acting Deputy Librarian, John Rylands University Library of Manchester (1973-85); University Librarian, University of Surrey, 1985-90; University Librarian, University of London, 1990-94; University Librarian & College Archivist, Trinity College Dublin, 1994-2002; University Librarian and Director of the John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, 2002-07. UK Adviser on Libraries and E-Learning to the British University in Egypt, 2008-11. Honours & Awards: FRSA 1988; Jubilee Medal of Charles University, Prague for services to Czech-Irish Cultural Relations, 1998; Fellow of the Salzburg Foundation, 2004. Trusteeships: The Worth Library, Dublin, 1997-; The People's History Museum, Manchester, 2003-5; Working Class Movement Library, Salford, 2007-; Frome Heritage Museum, Somerset, 2014-, Vice-Chair since 2015. Publications: libraries, languages and the interpretation of the past, Guildford, 1988; The Book of Kells on CD-ROM, ed., 2001; Many articles on library and academic topics.