John Sims
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John Sims (taxonomist)
John Sims (13 October 1749 – 26 February 1831) was an English physician and botanist.
Life
Sims was born in Canterbury, Kent, the son of a physician, Robert Courthope Sims, a member of the Society of Friends who published An Essay on the Nature and Constitution of Man, London, 1793.
He was educated at the Quaker school in Burford, Oxfordshire, with additional instruction from his father. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University, obtaining his PhD in 1774. His dissertaion was "De usu aquæ frigidæ interno."
He moved to London in 1766, where he worked as a physician at the Surrey dispensary. He bought an obstetric practice in 1779, and was he was admitted to the Royal College of Physicians. In 1780 he was appointed Physician and Man Midwife to the Charity for Delivering Poor Married Women at their own Houses. In 1817 he was called to the ill-fated childbirth of Princess Charlotte at which mother and baby died.
He was the first editor of Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1801–1826 vols. xiv–xlii) after the death of the founder, William Curtis, and edited Annals of Botany (1805–06) with Charles Konig.
John Sims (footballer)
John Sims (born 14 August 1952 in Belper, Derbyshire) is an English former professional footballer, playing as a forward, and football manager.
Sims began his career as an apprentice with Derby County, turning professional in August 1970. His league debut came as a substitute on 16 December 1972 when he replace David Nish with 4 minutes remaining in a 1-1 home draw with Newcastle United. He made only two further appearances for Derby, although one of those was as a substitute in a European Cup semi-final against Juventus.
He had loan spells with Luton Town in November 1973, Oxford United in September 1974 and Colchester United in January 1975, before moving to Notts County in December 1975 for a fee of £10,000.
He moved to Exeter City, managed by Bobby Saxton in December 1978 for £12,000, but stayed less than a year, moving to local rivals Plymouth Argyle, where Saxton was now manager, in October 1979, costing the Pilgrims £22,500. He quickly established himself at Home Park, making 183 appearances, scoring 48 goals and was voted Player of the Season in 1982 by the Plymouth fans.
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