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Harold Edgeworth Butler.
English classical scholar and antiquarian (1878-1951)
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About Harold Edgeworth Butler
Harold Edgeworth Butler was a British Latin scholar. He studied at Oxford University and in 1899 won the Newdigate Prize for the Best Composition in English verse. He became a lecturer and fellow of New College, Oxford the same year. In 1909 he moved to University College London, and in 1911 he was appointed Professor of Latin in succession to A. E. Housman, a post he held until his retirement in 1942.
Everything about Harold Edgeworth Butler →- Occupation
- classical scholar, antiquarian, university teacher, dean
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- 1878, May 8, 1878
- Died
- 1951, June 5, 1951