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Edward Simpson (forger) : ウィキペディア英語版 | Edward Simpson (forger)
Edward Simpson ("Flint Jack") (born 1815, ) was a British geologist and forger of antiquities, such as arrowheads and fossils. He was also known as Fossil Willy, Old Antiquarian, Cockney Bill, Bones, and Shirtless.Other names included John Wilson, of Burlington, and Jerry Taylor, of Billery-dale, Yorkshire Moors. ==Biography== Edward Simpson was born in 1815 in the village of Sleights in North Yorkshire. At a young age he became apprenticed to local geologist and historian Dr. George Young, working first as a fossil collector before entering the world of forgery in 1843. The first of Edward Simpson's many aliases, and his first venture into forgery, is believed to have come about when he met a Mr Dotchon in Whitby. Dotchon showed Simpson his first flint arrow head and asked if he could copy it. Thus, Flint Jack was born.〔 In 1846, Jack began drinking heavily and is quoted as saying: "In this year, I took to drinking; the worst job yet. Till then, I was always possessed of five pounds. I have since been in utter poverty, and frequently in great misery and want." 〔 Recent work has suggested that the antiquarian biographies of Edward Simpson may be based on misinformation provided by Simpson himself.
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