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Charles Henry Sampson

1859 – 1936

British mathematician

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About Charles Henry Sampson

Lived 1859 – 1936 (aged 76–77). Charles Henry Sampson was a mathematician.

Charles Henry Sampson (1859-1936) was Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford, from 1920 until his death.

Sampson was born in Bristol and educated at Bristol Grammar School and Balliol College, Oxford. A mathematician, he became a Fellow of Brasenose in 1882; a Tutor in 1884; and a Senior Tutor in 1894.

His son Ronald died in the Great War. Sampson himself died on 5 November 1936.

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1859
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Died
1936
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Bristol Grammar School, Balliol College

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British mathematician

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