Marilyn Butler
British literary critic and academic (1937–2014) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Marilyn Speers Butler, Lady Butler, FRSA, FRSL, FBA (née Evans; 11 February 1937 – 11 March 2014) was a British literary critic. She was King Edward VII Professor of English Literature at the University of Cambridge from 1986 to 1993, and Rector of Exeter College, Oxford, from 1993 to 2004. She was the first female head of a formerly all-male Oxford or Cambridge college.[1] She won the British Academy's Rose Mary Crawshay Prize in 1973.[2]
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Born | Marilyn Speers Evans (1937-02-11)11 February 1937 Coombe, Kingston upon Thames, England |
Died | 11 March 2014(2014-03-11) (aged 77) Oxford, England |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Literary critic |
Notable work | Maria Edgeworth: A Literary Biography (1972) |
Spouse | Sir David Butler (m. 1962) |
Children | 3 |
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Awards | Rose Mary Crawshay Prize |
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