Samuel Butler
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Key facts
- Born
- baptized 14 February 1613, Strensham , Worcestershire , England
- Died
- 25 September 1680 (aged 67), London , England
- Notable work
- Hudibras (1663–1678)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Samuel
- Family name
- Butler
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Strensham
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Samuel Butler by Pieter Borsseler.jpg
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- Commons category
- Samuel Butler (poet)
- date of death
- 1680-00-00
- date of birth
- 1612-01-01
- different from
- Samuel Butler
- writing language
- English language
- has works in the collection
- Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
- place of burial
- St Paul's Church, Covent Garden
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Encyclopedic overview
Samuel Butler (baptized 14 February 1613 – 25 September 1680) was an English poet and satirist. He is remembered now chiefly for a long satirical poem titled Hudibras.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Samuel Butler” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.