Samuel Butler (novelist)

Samuel Butler (novelist) dating history

Relationships

Samuel Butler (novelist) was in a relationship with Henry Festing Jones (1878 - 1902).

About

English Writer Samuel Butler (novelist) was born on 4th December, 1835 in Langar, near Bingham, Nottinghamshire, England and passed away on 18th Jun 1902 London, England aged 66. He is most remembered for Erewhon,The Way of All Flesh. His zodiac sign is Sagittarius.

Samuel Butler (novelist) is a member of the following lists: English novelists, Gay writers and Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge.

Relationship Statistics

Type	Total	Longest	Average	Shortest
Dating	1	24 years	-	-
Total	1	24 years	-	-

Details

First Name	Samuel
Last Name	Butler
Birthday	4th December, 1835
Birthplace	Langar, near Bingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Died	18th June, 1902
Place of Death	London, England
Cause of Death	Tuberculosis
Zodiac Sign	Sagittarius
Sexuality	Gay
Ethnicity	White
Nationality	English
Occupation Text	Novelist, translator, art historian, literary historian, literary critic, essayist, critic, artist, writer
Occupation	Writer
Claim to Fame	Erewhon,The Way of All Flesh

Samuel Butler (4 December 1835 – 18 June 1902) was the iconoclastic English author of the Utopian satirical novel Erewhon (1872) and the semi-autobiographical Bildungsroman The Way of All Flesh, published posthumously in 1903. Both have remained in print ever since. In other studies he examined Christian orthodoxy, evolutionary thought, and Italian art, and made prose translations of the Iliad and Odyssey that are still consulted today. He was also an artist.

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