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Harold Edgeworth Butler
1878–1951
A British Latin scholar with a gift for making classical literature approachable, he is best known for his translations of Quintilian and Aulus Gellius. He also taught for many years at University College London, succeeding A. E. Housman as Professor of Latin.
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Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal
by Harold Edgeworth Butler
About the author
Born in Oxford in 1878, he studied at New College, Oxford, and early on won the Newdigate Prize for English verse. His career was rooted in the classics, and he went on to become Professor of Latin at University College London, where he followed A. E. Housman in the chair.
His books and translations helped bring Roman literature to a wider readership. He is especially associated with Quintilian and Aulus Gellius, and with surveys of Latin literature written in a clear, scholarly style that still feels accessible.
Beyond university life, he also had an antiquarian and literary side, reflected in work connected with the Edgeworth family heritage. He died in 1951.