Samuel Henry Prior (10 January 1869 – 6 June 1933), was an Australian journalist, manager and editor of The Bulletin. Prior was educated at Glenelg Grammar School and the Bendigo School of Mines and Industries, Victoria. He became a teacher but soon joined the Bendigo Independent as a mining reporter.Prior briefly edited the Broken Hill Times and its successor, the Broken Hill Argus. For fourteen years from around 1889 he edited The Barrier Miner. Prior died in Mosman, New South Wales.