George Sampson (scholar)
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George Sampson (1873 – 1 February 1950[1]) was an English literary scholar.
George Sampson was born in Greenwich[2] to parents from Jersey.[3] Although he left school comparatively early, he was trained as a teacher at Southwark and Winchester and was a head master for many years.[2] In 1907 he married Grace Alldis.[2] From 1917 to 1919 he served on the executive committee of the English Association, and from 1920 to 1923, as its Honorary General Secretary.[1] In 1921, he received an honorary M.A. from the University of Cambridge. In 1925, he was appointed inspector of schools under the London County Council.[2]
After his retirement he lived at Hove until his death from heart failure.[2]
Publications
Sampson's best-known works include: English for the English (1921), The Concise Cambridge History of English Literature (1941, a single-volume abridgement of The Cambridge History of English Literature), and Seven Essays (1947).[2] He also produced editions of George Berkeley, Edmund Burke, John Henry Cardinal Newman, Thomas More, George Herbert, John Keats, Walter Bagehot, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and William Hazlitt.[2]
References
- 1 2 Boas, Frederick S. (1950). "Obituary: George Sampson". English: Journal of the English Association. 8 (43): 48. doi:10.1093/english/8.43.48-b. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Mr. George Sampson". The Times. 4 February 1950. Retrieved 17 June 2024 – via Gale.
- ↑ Sampson, George (1947). Seven Essays. Cambridge at the University Press. pp. 7–8. Retrieved 17 June 2024.