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Marilyn Butler, the Glossary

Marilyn Speers Butler, Lady Butler, FRSA, FRSL, FBA (née Evans; 11 February 1937 – 11 March 2014) was a British literary critic.^[1]

32 relations: Alzheimer's disease, Biography in literature, British Academy, British people, Christina Colvin, Coombe, Kingston upon Thames, David Butler (psephologist), Evacuations of civilians in Britain during World War II, Exeter College, Oxford, Fellow of the British Academy, Frances Cairncross, Honorary degree, King Edward VII Professor of English Literature, Literary criticism, Maria Edgeworth, New Quay, Open University, Oxford, Oxford World's Classics, Pickering & Chatto Publishers, Rector (academia), Richard Norman (chemist), Romanticism, Rose Mary Crawshay Prize, Royal Society of Arts, Royal Society of Literature, St Hilda's College, Oxford, The Daily Telegraph, Trevor Evans (journalist), University of Cambridge, Wimbledon High School, World War II.
King Edward VII Professors of English Literature
Mary Wollstonecraft scholars
People educated at Wimbledon High School
Rose Mary Crawshay Prize winners

Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and progressively worsens, and is the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia.

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Biography in literature

When studying literature, biography and its relationship to literature is often a subject of literary criticism, and is treated in several different forms.

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British Academy

The British Academy for the Promotion of Historical, Philosophical and Philological Studies is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences.

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British people

British people or Britons, also known colloquially as Brits, are the citizens of the United Kingdom, the British Overseas Territories, and the Crown dependencies.

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Christina Colvin, Lady Colvin (née Butler; 20 January 1919, Oxford – 7 August 2003, Oxford) was a British literary scholar and historian of Oxfordshire. Marilyn Butler and Christina Colvin are Rose Mary Crawshay Prize winners and Wives of knights.

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Coombe, Kingston upon Thames

Coombe is a historic neighbourhood in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in south west London, England.

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David Butler (psephologist)

Sir David Edgeworth Butler (17 October 1924 – 8 November 2022) was an English political scientist who specialised in psephology, the study of elections.

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Evacuations of civilians in Britain during World War II

The evacuation of civilians in Britain during the Second World War was designed to defend individuals, especially children, from the risks associated with aerial bombing of cities by moving them to areas thought to be less at risk.

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Exeter College, Oxford

Exeter College (in full: The Rector and Scholars of Exeter College in the University of Oxford) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England, and the fourth-oldest college of the university.

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Fellow of the British Academy

Fellowship of the British Academy (post-nominal letters FBA) is an award granted by the British Academy to leading academics for their distinction in the humanities and social sciences.

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Frances Cairncross

Dame Frances Anne Cairncross, (born 30 August 1944 in Otley, England) is a British economist, journalist and academic.

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Honorary degree

An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived all of the usual requirements.

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King Edward VII Professor of English Literature

The King Edward VII Professorship of English Literature is one of the senior professorships in literature at the University of Cambridge, and was founded by a donation from Sir Harold Harmsworth in 1910 in memory of King Edward VII who had died earlier that year. Marilyn Butler and King Edward VII Professor of English Literature are King Edward VII Professors of English Literature.

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Literary criticism

A genre of arts criticism, literary criticism or literary studies is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature.

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Maria Edgeworth

Maria Edgeworth (1 January 1768 – 22 May 1849) was a prolific Anglo-Irish novelist of adults' and children's literature.

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New Quay

New Quay (Cei Newydd) is a seaside town and electoral ward in Ceredigion, Wales; it had a resident population of 1,045 at the 2021 census.

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Open University

The Open University (OU) is a public research university and the largest university in the United Kingdom by number of students.

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Oxford

Oxford is a city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town.

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Oxford World's Classics

Oxford World's Classics is an imprint of Oxford University Press.

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Pickering & Chatto Publishers

Pickering & Chatto is an imprint of Routledge which publishes in the humanities and social sciences, specializing in monographs, critical editions (works, diaries, correspondence) and thematic source collections.

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Rector (academia)

A rector (Latin for 'ruler') is a senior official in an educational institution, and can refer to an official in either a university or a secondary school.

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Richard Norman (chemist)

Sir Richard Oswald Chandler Norman, (April 27, 1932 – June 6, 1993) was a British chemist.

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Romanticism

Romanticism (also known as the Romantic movement or Romantic era) was an artistic and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century.

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Rose Mary Crawshay Prize

The Rose Mary Crawshay Prize is a literary prize for female scholars, inaugurated in 1888 by the British Academy.

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Royal Society of Arts

The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, commonly known as the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), is a London-based organisation.

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Royal Society of Literature

The Royal Society of Literature (RSL) is a learned society founded in 1820, by King George IV, to "reward literary merit and excite literary talent".

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St Hilda's College, Oxford

St Hilda's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, known online and elsewhere as The Telegraph, is a British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally.

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Trevor Evans (journalist)

Sir Trevor Maldwyn Evans (21 February 1902 – 10 June 1981) was a Welsh journalist and the industrial correspondent for The Daily Express.

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University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England.

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Wimbledon High School

Wimbledon High School is a private girls' day school in Wimbledon, South West London.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Butler