Samuel Henry Butcher

Samuel Henry Butcher

Samuel Henry Butcher, MP (born 16 April 1850) Dublin born classical scholar and, in his final years, an English politician. His many publications included, in collaboration with Dr Andrew Lang, a prose translation of Homer’s Odyssey which appeared in 1879.

He was one of the two Members of Parliament for Cambridge University, between 1906 and his death, representing the Unionist Party.

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