Margaret Sampson
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Margaret Sampson | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | 5 June 1906 Oxford, England |
| Died | 14 August 1988 (aged 82) Oxford, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Anglican nun |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Anglican |
| Order | Community of the Sisters of the Love of God |
Margaret Sampson (5 June 1906 – 14 August 1988) was an English Anglican nun who was Mother Superior of the Community of the Sisters of the Love of God from 1954 to 1973. She was professed as Sister Margaret Clare in 1932 when she was active in the sisterhood of Society of Saint Margaret in East Grinstead before becoming received as Sister Mary Clare of the Precious Blood eleven years later. Sampson set up the SLG Press that published literature about Christian spirituality to a wider audience in response to the growing eagerness of Christians and non-Christians to learn about Christian mystical tradition.
On 5 June 1906, Sampson was born at 11 Rawlinson Road, Oxford.[1] She was the daughter of the fellow and later principal of Brasenose College, Oxford, Charles Henry Sampson, and his wife, Margaret Caroline Sophie Bolckow,[1] a member of the Blockow family that laid Middlesbrough's modern foundations with their ironstone works.[2] On 2 July 1906, Sampson was baptised at St Margaret's Church, Oxford and was confirmed on 9 December 1919. She had three elder siblings. After being educated in Felixstowe, she was one of the first home students to attend St Anne's College, Oxford, reading philosophy, politics and economics.[1][2]
