Kathleen Butler (linguist)

Kathleen Teresa Blake Butler (born Bardsea, 26 September 1883 – died Cambridge, 2 May 1950)[1] was an academic specialising in Modern Languages.[2]

Kathleen Butler
Born(1883-09-26)26 September 1883
Bardsea, United Kingdom
Died2 May 1950(1950-05-02) (aged 66)
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge (MA)
Academic work
DisciplineModern languages
Sub-disciplineFrench, Italian
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge

Butler was educated at Newnham College, Cambridge. She was on the staff of the Royal Holloway College from 1913 to 1915 when she returned to Cambridge as a Fellow of Girton.[3] She was a Lecturer in Modern Languages from 1915 to 1942; Director of Studies in Modern Languages from 1917 to 1938; University Lecturer in Italian from 1926 to 1949; Vice-Mistress of Girton from 1936 to 38;[4] and Mistress of Girton from 1942[5] to 1949.[6] Her publications included "A History of French Literature" (1923);[7] "Les Premières Lettres de Guez de Balzac" (1934); and "Tredici novelle modern" (1946).[8] Her sister, Eliza Marian Butler, was an academic specialising in the German language.[9]

References
  1. "Person Page". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  2. Editors, The (1951). "Kathleen Teresa Blake Butler (1883–1950)". Italian Studies. 6: 1–2. doi:10.1179/its.1951.6.1.1. {{cite journal}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  3.  "Butler, Kathleen Teresa Blake". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  4. "Butler, Kathleen Teresa Blake". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 16 February 2019. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. Girton College Register, 1869–1946: Cambridge; CUP; 1948
  6. "Miss Kathleen Butler" The Times (London, England), May 4, 1950, Issue 51682, p.7
  7. Whitelock, Jill (10 June 2012). "Whose 'Shelf Life' is it anyway?". Cambridge University Library Special Collections. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  8. British Library web site accessed 08:38 GMT Saturday 16 February 2019
  9. "The Professional Papers of Eliza 'Elsie' Marian Butler | The Institute of Modern Languages Research". modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 11 October 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2019.


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