Arthur Sampson Napier (1853–1916) was a British philologist. He was Merton Professor of English Language and Literature, University of Oxford, from 1885 and also Rawlinsonian Professor of Anglo-Saxon since 1903. Napier was appointed a fellow of Merton College, Oxford, in 1885 and of the British Academy in 1904.
- Occupation
- linguist, philologist, literary historian, scholar of English
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- August 30, 1853
- Died
- May 10, 1916
