Anthony Sampson

Anthony Sampson (1926 -2004) was a British writer and journalist. He was educated at Westminster School and Oxford University and served with the Royal Navy from 1944-47. During the 1950s he edited the magazine Drum in Johannesburg, South Africa. On returning to the United Kingdom he joined the editorial staff of The Observer, where he worked from 1955-66. Sampson was the author of a series of major books, starting with Anatomy of Britain (1962). He was also a founding member of the (now defunct) Social Democratic Party (SDP).