Category:Samuel Butler (schoolmaster)

Samuel Butler
	English classical scholar and schoolmaster
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Date of birth	30 January 1774; Warwickshire
Date of death	4 December 1839; Shrewsbury
Country of citizenship	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; Kingdom of Great Britain (1 January 1801, Acts of Union 1800);
Educated at	St John's College; Rugby School;
Occupation	priest; classical scholar;
Member of	Royal Society;
Position held	Bishop of Lichfield;
Award received	Fellow of the Royal Society;
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Samuel Butler FRS (1774–1839) was an English classical scholar and schoolmaster of Shrewsbury, and Bishop of Lichfield. His grandson was Samuel Butler (1835-1902), noted author of the novel "Erewhon".