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Marilyn Butler (Marilyn Speers Evans) was born on 11 February, 1937 in Coombe, Kingston upon Thames, England, is a British literary critic and academic (1937–2014). Discover Marilyn Butler's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 77 years old?
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Marilyn Speers Evans |
| Occupation |
Literary critic |
| Age |
77 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Aquarius |
| Born |
11 February, 1937 |
| Birthday |
11 February |
| Birthplace |
Coombe, Kingston upon Thames, England |
| Date of death |
2014 |
| Died Place |
Oxford, England |
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Marilyn Butler Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Marilyn Butler's Husband?
Her husband is Sir David Butler (m. 1962)
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Sir David Butler (m. 1962) |
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3 |
Marilyn Butler Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Marilyn Butler worth at the age of 77 years old? Marilyn Butler’s income source is mostly from being a successful . She is from . We have estimated Marilyn Butler's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Under Review |
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Marilyn Speers Butler, Lady Butler, FRSA, FRSL, FBA (née Evans; 11 February 1937 – 11 March 2014) was a British literary critic.
Marilyn Speers Evans was born in Coombe, Kingston upon Thames, on 11 February 1937.
Her father, Sir Trevor Maldwyn Evans was a journalist and her mother was Margaret Speers "Madge" Evans (née Gribbin).
At the age of two, she was evacuated with her mother and elder brother to New Quay in Wales, where she remained until the end of World War II.
She was educated at Wimbledon High School and St Hilda's College, Oxford, graduating with a first-class degree in English in 1958.
She became a school teacher, but in 1960 joined the BBC as a journalist.
In the early 1960s, Butler left journalism, and returned to academia, completing her doctorate thesis in 1966 in Oxford.
She received a research fellowship at St Hilda's College, Oxford.
On 3 March 1962, she married David Butler; the couple had three sons.
She won the British Academy's Rose Mary Crawshay Prize in 1973.
Butler collaborated with her sister-in-law Christina Colvin on Maria Edgeworth, resulting in two books for which they each won the Rose Mary Crawshay Prize in 1973.
Her published works include Romantics, Rebels and Reactionaries (1982) and Jane Austen and the War of Ideas (1975).
Much of her work was devoted to the career of the Anglo-Irish Romantic novelist Maria Edgeworth, a relative of her husband, including a classic literary biography and an important edition of her collected works for Pickering & Chatto.
She was King Edward VII Professor of English Literature at the University of Cambridge from 1986 to 1993, and Rector of Exeter College, Oxford, from 1993 to 2004.
She was the first female head of a formerly all-male Oxford or Cambridge college.
In June 2003, Butler was awarded an honorary degree from the Open University as Doctor of the University.
Butler was a Fellow of the British Academy.
After she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2004, Butler's health declined and she died at Headington Care Home, Oxford, on 11 March 2014 as a result of a respiratory tract infection.
