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| rdfs:comment | - Charles Robert Simpson (1881-16 June 1960) was a lecturer and Labour Party politician active in the Finsbury area. Simpson was born in Yorkshire, and worked there for thirteen years as a miner. He subsequently studied at Ruskin College and was awarded a diploma in Economics and Political Science. He became a lecturer for the National Adult School Union and the Workers' Educational Association. A member of the Quakers or Society of Friends, He was nicknamed "The Miner Friend", he became a warden of the Woolman Adult Educational Settlement, Duncan Terrace, Islington. Author of: Mention here [1].
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| abstract | - Charles Robert Simpson (1881-16 June 1960) was a lecturer and Labour Party politician active in the Finsbury area. Simpson was born in Yorkshire, and worked there for thirteen years as a miner. He subsequently studied at Ruskin College and was awarded a diploma in Economics and Political Science. He became a lecturer for the National Adult School Union and the Workers' Educational Association. A member of the Quakers or Society of Friends, He was nicknamed "The Miner Friend", he became a warden of the Woolman Adult Educational Settlement, Duncan Terrace, Islington. He joined the Socialist Quaker Society, and was a member of the London County Council representing Finsbury from 1928–34, having unsuccessfully contested the same division in the county council elections of 1922 and 1925. Elected as a councillor for City Road East ward of Finsbury Borough Council in 1928, he served as Mayor of Finsbury for 1930-31. Author of:
* The Quaker Challenge
* Finsbury Borough Council Election ... Three years of Labour rule, 1928-1931
* Facts and figures on the Social Problem Mention here [1].
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