Sampson, Anthony Terrell Seward

Sampson, Anthony Terrell Seward
▪ 2005

      British journalist and author (b. Aug. 3, 1926, Billingham-on-Tees, Durham, Eng.—d. Dec. 18, 2004, Wardour, Wiltshire, Eng.), scrutinized political power and influence, especially in the U.K. and South Africa, and highlighted human rights issues in his many works. He contributed to several newspapers, including The Observer and The Independent, and wrote more than 20 books, most notably Anatomy of Britain (1962), a seminal study of the British establishment, and Mandela (1999), an authorized biography of Nelson Mandela. From 1951 to 1955 Sampson was the editor of the black South African magazine Drum.

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