Samuel Dickens , DD (1719–1791) was Archdeacon of Durham from 1760 until his death.

Prosser was educated at Christ Church, Oxford.^[1] He served incumbencies in Colchester, Gateshead and Easington. He was Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford from 1751 until 1763; and Rector of Easington from 1763 until his death on 30 August 1791.