Editing David J. Simms (section)

==Personal life==
Simms was married to Anngret Erichson, a former associate professor and head of geography at [[University College Dublin]]. They had three sons,<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2004/1120/1099561067816.html | title=A Career Mapped Out | newspaper=The Irish Times | date=20 November 2004}}</ref> one of whom, [[Brendan Simms]], is a professor of international relations at Cambridge University. As a child Simms survived 13 days at sea following the sinking of the [[SS City of Cairo]] in November 1942.<ref>[http://www.sscityofcairo.co.uk/passengerlist.php passenger list]  SS City of Cairo</ref><ref>[http://www.sscityofcairo.co.uk/simms.php Thirteen Days in a Lifeboat:  An account of the sinking] by David Simms, SS City of Cairo</ref> He was also the nephew of Irish communist [[Brian Goold-Verschoyle]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/6759483.stm ''Irish victims of Stalin uncovered,'' BBC, 16 June 2007]</ref> He was also the nephew of [[George Simms|Archbishop George Otto Simms]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Guidera|first=Anita|title=Academic caught up in factory planning dispute|url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/academic-caught-up-in-factory-planning-dispute-76218.html|accessdate=9 November 2012|newspaper=[[Irish Independent]]|date=1 September 2006}}</ref>

Simms died on 25 June 2018 in Dublin.<ref>{{cite web |title=Death Notice of David SIMMS |url=https://rip.ie/showdn.php?dn=358491/DavidSIMMS/Sandymount/Dublin |website=[[RIP.ie]] |accessdate=26 June 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://notices.irishtimes.com/death/simms-david/53797727 | title=Simms, David : Death notice | date=26 June 2018 | newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] | accessdate=9 August 2019 }}</ref>