| 词条 | Samuel Butcher (classicist) |
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Samuel Henry Butcher DCL LLD {{Post-nominals|post-noms=FRSE FBA}}[1] ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|ʊ|tʃ|ər}}; 16 April 1850 – 29 December 1910) was an Anglo-Irish classical scholar and politician. LifeSamuel Henry Butcher was born in Dublin to Samuel Butcher, Bishop of Meath and Mary Leahy. He was educated at Marlborough College in Wiltshire[2] and then received a place at Trinity College, Cambridge, attending between 1869 and 1873 where he was Senior Classics and Chancellor's medalist.[3] Elected fellow of Trinity in 1874, he left the college on his marriage, in 1876, to the daughter of Archbishop Trench. From 1876 to 1882 he was a fellow of University College, Oxford, and tutored there[2] From 1882 to 1903 he was Professor of Greek at Edinburgh University, succeeding Prof John Stuart Blackie. During this period he lived at 27 Palmerston Place in Edinburgh's fashionable West End.[4] He was succeeded at Edinburgh by Prof Alexander William Mair.[5] He was one of the two Members of Parliament for Cambridge University, between 1906 and his death, representing the Unionist Party. He was President of the British Academy, 1909-1910. He died in London on 29 December 1910, but was returned to Scotland and interred at the Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh[1] with his wife, Rose Julia Butcher (1840-1902). His grave has a pale granite Celtic cross and is located near the northern path of the north section in the original cemetery. FamilyJohn Butcher, 1st Baron Danesfort was his younger brother. He married Rose Julia Trench (1840-1902) in 1876. They had no children. PublicationsHis many publications included, in collaboration with Andrew Lang, a prose translation of Homer's Odyssey which appeared in 1879 and the OCT edition of Demosthenes, Orationes, vol. I (Or. 1-19, Oxford, 1903), II.i (Or. 20-26, Oxford, 1907). {{further|English translations of Homer#Butcher}}References1. ^1 {{cite book|last1=Waterston|first1=Charles D|last2=Macmillan Shearer|first2=A|title=Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783-2002: Biographical Index|url=http://www.rse.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf|accessdate=25 November 2011|volume=I|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|location=Edinburgh|isbn=978-0-902198-84-5}} 2. ^1 http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf 3. ^{{acad|id= BTCR869SH|name=Butcher, Samuel Henry}} 4. ^Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1900 5. ^http://ourhistory.is.ed.ac.uk/index.php/Greek External links
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