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Bertram Thomas
Bertram Sidney Thomas (13 June 1892 – 27 December 1950) was an English diplomat and explorer who is the first documented Westerner to cross the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter). He was also a scientist who practiced craniofacial anthropometry.
Biography.
Bertram Thomas was born in Pill near Bristol and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge.
After working for the Civil Service in the General Post Office, he served in Belgium during World War I before being posted to the Somerset Light Infantry in
Bertram Simpson (bishop)
Dr. Bertram Fitzgerald Simpson (25 Sep 1883 - 16 July 1971) was a prominent Anglican cleric who served over half a century in the Diocese of London as Suffragan Bishop of Kensington (1932 to 1942) and later as Diocesan Bishop of Southwark (1942 to 1959).
Born on 25 September 1883, Simpson was educated at the University of Durham, where he was President of the Durham Union during Epiphany term of 1906. Ordained in 1908 his first post was at St Anne's,