W. T. (Wilfrid Tord) Simpson

W. T. Simpson, identified in modern library and bookselling records as Wilfrid Tord Simpson, is best known for writing about Llangollen, Wales and the countryside around it. Project Gutenberg lists two works under his name: History of Llangollen and Its Vicinity and Some Account of Llangollen and Its Vicinity.

The edition of History of Llangollen and Its Vicinity available through Project Gutenberg comes from an 1853 Llangollen edition published by David Roberts and described as a second edition with marginal notes. In it, Simpson writes as a close observer of the town, its landmarks, and the wider district, combining local history with descriptions of scenery and places of interest.

Clear biographical details about Simpson himself are hard to confirm from the sources I found, so it is safest to describe him as a 19th-century writer and local historian remembered mainly for these books on Llangollen and its vicinity.