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Sampson Simson (born 1780, died 1857) was an American philanthropist most remembered as "the father of Mount Sinai Hospital" and as benefactor, posthumously, to the North American Relief Society for Indigent Jews in Jerusalem, Israel.〔(Mount Sinai Hospital: History )〕〔(''History of the Supreme Council of the 33rd Degree, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States of American and its Antecedents'' by Samuel Harrison Baynard, Supreme Council, published by the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite (1938) )〕 ==Biography== Simson was born in Danbury, Connecticut. He studied under Aaron Burr, attended Columbia University in New York City, and graduated in 1800 with a degree in law, becoming one of the first Jewish lawyers in New York City.〔(This Day in Jewish History )〕 After a few years practice, however, Simson abandoned his law career and retired to his Yonkers farm to devote himself to charitable work. Described as a very pious man with a "New England conscience", a combination of a "public-spirited citizen" and "conformist Jew", Simson received great pleasure from his charitable contributions, be they to a Catholic church, a Protestant church or a synagogue.〔 From 1825 until 1832, Simson served as Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (Northern Jurisdiction).〔(Freemasonry.com )〕 In 1852, Simson, along with eight other men representing various Hebrew charitable organizations, came together to establish the "Jew's Hospital", the institution that eventually (in 1866) became Mount Sinai Hospital. Its location, West 28th Street between 7th and 8th Avenues in New York City, was on land donated by Simson; he served the first President of its Board of Directors and personally assumed many of the young hospital's financial burdens.〔(''This House of Noble Deeds'', Mount Sinai Hospital, 1852 - 2002, Arthur H. Aufses, Jr. and Barbara J. Niss, New York University Press )〕 "The Jew's Hospital" opened two years before his death. That same year, Simson joined Samuel Myer Isaacs and Adolphus Simeon Solomons to help found the Beth Hamedrash Hagodol.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sampson Simson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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