Samuel Proctor (March 29, 1919[2] – July 10, 2005) was an American history professor and author.
He taught at the University of Florida (UF) and wrote about the school and the state's history.
Discharged from the service in 1946, he was offered scholarships to pursue an international law degree at Yale and Ohio State.
The resulting work was submitted by Proctor as his dissertation, The University of Florida: its early years 1853-1906[4], and he received his Ph.D. in 1958.
Proctor remained the UF Historian and Archivist until his death, serving even in retirement.
Proctor also served as an expert witness in court and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Florida Historical Society.