Editing Sam Waterston (section)

==Early life and education==
Sam Waterston was born in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]], the third of four children of George Chychele Waterston, a [[Semantics|semanticist]] and language teacher, and Alice Tucker (née Atkinson), a landscape painter. Waterston's mother was of English ancestry, and a descendant of passengers on the ''[[Mayflower]]''; his father emigrated to the U.S. from Scotland via England. His siblings are Roberta, George, and Ellen Waterston.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.monticello.org/thomas-jefferson-foundation/thomas-jefferson-foundation-an-overview/july-4th-speakers-at-monticello/sam-waterston/|title=Sam Waterston Welcomes New Citizens at Monticello|website=Monticello.org |date=July 4, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://parade.com/tv/sam-waterston-law-and-order-2022|title=Sam Waterston Reveals Why He Almost Didn't Take Role on 'Law and Order'|first=Mara|last=Reinstein|date=November 25, 2022|website=Parade.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author= Staff|url= http://www.biography.com/articles/Sam-Waterston-9542268|title= Sam Waterston|website= [[Biography.com]]|access-date= July 30, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110610033803/http://www.biography.com/articles/Sam-Waterston-9542268|archive-date= June 10, 2011|df= mdy-all}}</ref>
Waterston attended high school at the [[Groton School]], graduating in the class of 1958.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sam Waterston '58 |url=https://www.groton.org/news-detail?pk=703296 |access-date=May 20, 2022 |website=Groton School| date=March 3, 2014 }}</ref> He earned a [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] from [[Yale University|Yale College]], class of 1962.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 3, 2000 |title=Actor extols Yale experience and the power of words |work=Yale Bulletin & Calendar |url=http://archives.news.yale.edu/v29.n9/story14.html |access-date=May 20, 2022}}</ref>