# Sampson — Short Fiction character guide

> Sampson in Short Fiction by M. R. James.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Sampson

**First appearance:** 0013-the-tractate-middoth

## Who they are

A character who encounters a ghostly figure in a library.

## In the story

### [A School Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_35_se/chapters/a-school-story)

New master at the school; possesses a gold Byzantine coin with his initials and a date; disappears after McLeod's strange vision.

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