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.

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.

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1878 births
1951 deaths
British classical scholars
People educated at Rugby School
Alumni of New College, Oxford
Fellows of New College, Oxford
Academics of University College London
Royal Field Artillery officers
British Army personnel of World War I

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