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Butler, Samuel.
Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, May 2, 1854.
S. of Thomas (1824), clerk, and grandson of Samuel (1791). B. Dec. 4, 1835, at Langar, Notts.
Bapt. Dec. 17, 1835.
School, Shrewsbury.
Matric. Michs. 1854; Scholar; B.A. (12th Classic) 1859.
The well-known controversial writer.
Emigrated to New Zealand, 1859; sheepbreeder in the Canterbury settlement, 1860-4. His life in the colony recorded in his first book, A First Year in Canterbury Settlement. Returned to England, 1864-5. Took chambers at 15, Clifford's Inn, London, and remained there 38 years.
Studied painting at Heatherley's School of Art, Newman Street; exhibited at the Royal Academy.
Studied and composed music with his friend, Henry Festing Jones.
In 1872, published anonymously, Erewhon, translated into Dutch, 1873 and into German, 1879.
Gradually formulated a theory of Evolution – ultimately set forth in Life and Habit, in which Darwin's law of natural selection was contested; published three more books amplifying and illustrating his theory, viz. Evolution Old and New; Unconscious Memory, and Luck or Cunning. An original topographer of Italian Switzerland and critic of Italian Art. A keen student of Homer, advancing the theory that the epic was written by a woman; made prose translations of the Iliad and Odyssey. One of the most versatile iconoclasts particularly of the conventional morality of his age.
For a complete list of his published works see D.N.B. The autobiographical novel, The Way of All Flesh and Essays on Life, Art and Science appeared posthumously.
Died June 18, 1902, in a London nursing home; cremated at Woking.
Brother of Thomas (1855).
(Memoir; H. Festing Jones; Eagle, XXIII; D.N.B., 2nd Suppl.)
Samuel BUTLER
Approx. lifespan: 1835–1902
Adm pens. St John's College 1854:05:02
s. of Thomas BUTLER (1824), clerk, and grandson of Samuel (1791)
b. Langar, Nottinghamshire 1835:12:04
c. 1835:12:17
Sch: Shrewsbury
Matric 1854:10MT:
Scholar
BA 12 th Classic 1859
The well-known controversial writer.
Emigrated to New Zealand 1859
sheepbreeder in the Canterbury settlement [ New Zealand ] 1860-64
His life in the colony recorded in his first book, A First Year in Canterbury Settlement
Returned to England 1864-65
Took chambers at 15 Clifford's Inn, [Clifford's], London , and remained there 38 years.
Studied painting at Sch: Heatherley's School of Art Newman Street, [ London ]
exhibited at the Sch: Royal Academy
Studied and composed music with his friend, Henry Festing Jones.
In 1872, published anonymously, Erewhon, translated into Dutch 1873
and into German 1879
Gradually formulated a theory of Evolution - ultimately set forth in Life and Habit, in which Darwin's law of natural selection was contested; published three more books amplifying and illustrating his theory, viz. Evolution Old and New;
Unconscious Memory
, and Luck or Cunning
An original topographer of Italian, Switzerland and critic of Italian Art.
A keen student of Homer, advancing the theory that the epic was written by a woman; made prose translations of the Iliad and Odyssey
One of the most versatile iconoclasts particularly of the conventional morality of his age.
For a complete list of his published works see D.N.B
The autobiographical novel, The Way of All Flesh and Essays on Life, Art and Science appeared posthumously.
d. 1902:06:18, in a London nursing home; cremated at Woking, [ Surrey ]
brother of Thomas BUTLER (1855)
( Memoir ;H. Festing Jones; Eagle, XXIII; D.N.B., 2nd Suppl .)
[add:]Portrait photogravure: CAS: G21[:add]

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