John Woodruff Simpson

For the engineer, see John Wistar Simpson.

John Woodruff Simpson (1850 - May 16, 1920) was a founding member of law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, then titled Simpson, Thacher, & Barnum.[1]

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Biography

He died May 16, 1920 leaving an estate appraised in 1922 at $2,665,894.[1] His widow, Kate Seney, died in 1943.[2]

Using several methods of computing the relative value of a U.S. dollar to the amount of his estate at the time of his death:[3]

Value of estate in the 2007 Dollar Method Used
$32,960,750.97 Consumer Price Index
$27,294,202.19 GDP Deflator
$183,091,250.35 Nominal GDP per Capita

See also

Thomas Thacher
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

References

  1. ^ a b "Lawyer Left $2,665,894" (PDF). New York Times. January 10, 1922. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9C04E5DF1130EE3ABC4852DFB7668389639EDE&oref=slogin. "John W. Simpson, member of Simpson, Thacher D. Bartlett, lawyers, who died May 16, 1920, ...He gave the bulk estate to his wife, Kate Seney Simpson. and his daughter, Jean W. Simpson." 
  2. ^ "Mrs. John W. Simpson". New York Times. January 12, 1943. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60C1EF73D581B7B93C0A8178AD85F478485F9. "Kate Seney Simpson, the widow of John W. Simpson, New York lawyer, died yesterday in her home in East Craftsbury, Vt., after a short illness, ..." 
  3. ^ Williamson, Samuel; Lawrence H. Officer (2008). "Six Ways to Compute the Relative Value of a U.S. Dollar Amount, 1790 to Present" (Calculator). admin@measuringworth.com. MeasuringWorth.Com. http://www.measuringworth.com/uscompare/. Retrieved 2008-03-19.  Comparing Results]

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