Harold Edgeworth Butler

Harold Edgeworth Butler (8 May 1878 – 5 June 1951) was a British classicist. He was Professor of Latin at University College, London in succession to A. E. Housman from 1911 until his retirement.[1]

Butler was the son of the Rev. Arthur Gray Butler, the first headmaster of Haileybury College.

He was the father of the psephologist Sir David Butler.[2]

References
  1. "Prof. H. E. Butler". The Times. 9 June 1951. p. 8.
  2. Crick, Michael (2018). Sultan of Swing: The Life of David Butler. Biteback Publishing.
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