Arthur Sampson Napier FBA (1853–1916) was a British philologist.
[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 was Vice President of the Oxford Philatelic Society from 1892 onwards.