Samuel Butler is the name of several notable persons:
Samuel Butler (1612-1680), author of Hudibras
Samuel Butler (1774-1839), classical scholar
Samuel Butler (1835-1902), grandson of the scholar, author of Erewhon
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SamuelButler (December 4, 1835 - June 18, 1902) was a British writer best known for his satire Erewhon.
Butler developed a theory that the Odyssey came from the pen of a young Sicilian woman, and that the scenes of the poem reflected the coast of Sicily and its nearby islands.
Samuel's friend Henry Festing Jones wrote the authoritative biography: the two-volume SamuelButler, Author of Erewhon (1835-1902): A Memoir (commonly known as Jones's Memoir), published in 1919 and now only available from antiquarian booksellers.
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