Samuel Foart Simmons , FRS (17 March 1750 – 23 April 1813) was a British physician. He was born in Sandwich, Kent and educated at a seminary in France. He started to study medicine in Edinburgh, but after three years he moved to Holland, and qualified as a doctor of medicine at Leyden in 1776. He then visited Groningen, Aix-la-Chapelle and various universities in Germany. He was for many years the sole editor of the "London Medical Journal" and " Medical Facts and Observations." He was also the compiler of the "Medical Register", an early Medical Directory.