Samuel Butler

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Samuel Butler was a Victorian-era English author and satirist best known for works like "Erewhon" and his critiques of religion, society, and evolutionary theory.

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instanceOf essayist
human
novelist
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birthName Samuel Butler NERFINISHED
burialPlace Kensal Green Cemetery NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath complications of pneumonia
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1835-12-04
dateOfDeath 1902-06-18
educatedAt Shrewsbury School NERFINISHED
St John's College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup English
familyName Butler NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork evolutionary theory criticism
literature
religious criticism
social criticism
gender male
genre essay
fiction
literary criticism
satire
givenName Samuel NERFINISHED
language English
movement Victorian literature NERFINISHED
name Samuel Butler NERFINISHED
notableIdea critique of Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection
emphasis on habit in evolution
notableWork Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino NERFINISHED
Erewhon NERFINISHED
Erewhon Revisited NERFINISHED
Life and Habit NERFINISHED
Luck, or Cunning, as the Main Means of Organic Modification? NERFINISHED
The Authoress of the Odyssey NERFINISHED
The Way of All Flesh NERFINISHED
occupation author
essayist
novelist
painter
satirist
translator
parent Fanny Worsley NERFINISHED
Thomas Butler NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Langar, Nottinghamshire, England NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath London, England
positionHeld fellow of St John's College, Cambridge
religion Anglicanism NERFINISHED
residence London, England
New Zealand NERFINISHED
workedAs sheep farmer in New Zealand

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