Arthur Napier

Arthur Napier
FBA
Born
Arthur Sampson Napier

(1853-08-30)30 August 1853
Wilmslow, England
Died10 May 1916(1916-05-10) (aged 62)
Spouse
Mary
​
(m. 1879)​
[1]
Academic background
Alma mater
Doctoral advisorJulius Zupitza[1]
Academic work
DisciplinePhilology
InstitutionsMerton College, Oxford
Notable students

Arthur Sampson Napier FBA (1853–1916) was a British philologist.[3] He was Merton Professor of English Language and Literature, University of Oxford, from 1885[1] and also Rawlinsonian Professor of Anglo-Saxon since 1903.[citation needed] Napier was appointed a fellow of Merton College, Oxford, in 1885[4][5] and of the British Academy in 1904.[6]

Born in Wilmslow on 30 August 1853,[3] Napier studied at Owens College, Exeter College, Oxford, and the University of Göttingen.[7]

Napier was also an avid collector of the Oxford college stamp issues and gave talks and displays on this subject. He also wrote many articles for Gibbons Stamp Monthly on the college stamp issues. He was Vice President of the Oxford Philatelic Society from 1892 onwards.[citation needed]

Napier died on 10 May 1916.[8]

  1. ^ a b c Ker & Lapidge 2002, p. 92.
  2. ^ Ker & Lapidge 2002, p. 109.
  3. ^ a b MacMahon 2004.
  4. ^ Foster 1891, p. 1006.
  5. ^ Levens, R.G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900–1964. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 2.
  6. ^ Ker & Lapidge 2002, p. 95.
  7. ^ Ker & Lapidge 2002, pp. 91–92.
  8. ^ Ker & Lapidge 2002, p. 96.