Arthur Sampson NAPIER

Background

NAPIER, Arthur Sampson was born on August 30, 1853 in Cheshire. Son of late George Webster Napier, Alderley Edge, Cheshire.

Education

Studied at Rugby School. Owens College Manchester. Exeter College Oxford (Master of Arts, Doctor of Literature).

University of Berlin. Master of Arts; Doctor of Literature. Doctor of Philosophy.

Doctor of Letters.

Career

Reader of English, University of Berlin, 1878-1882. Professor of English Language and Literature, University of Gottingen, 1882-1885. Corresponding Member, Royal Academy of Sciences, Gottingen. Bachelor of Science, Honourable Fellow of the British Academy; Merton Professor of English Language and Literature, Oxford, since 1885; also Rawlinsonian Professor of Anglo-Saxon since 1903; Fellow of Merton College.

Works

• Other Work

  • Old English glosses, chiefly unpublished (Anecdota oxoniensia, 4, pt. 11)

    (Old English glosses, chiefly unpublished (Anecdota oxonie...)

Connections

Father:

George Webster Napier