Samuel Butler (1835-1902) (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
Samuel Butler, English novelist and essayist, was born at Langar, Nottinghamshire, on December 4, 1835, the son of the Reverend Thomas Butler and the grandson of a bishop of Lichfield. This clerical ancestry was to have its influence on Butler’s writings. He was educated at St. John’s College, Cambridge, and was intended for the church; because of his religious doubts, however, he declined to take orders, preferring to study painting. The resulting estrangement from his father led him to emigrate in 1859 to New Zealand, where he spent five years in sheep farming. He became...
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