Clifford Butler

Background

Butler was born in Reading on 20 May 1922, the son of Charles Hannington James Butler, a clerk and buyer to a local wholesale grocer, and his wife Olive Pembroke.

Education

He attended both Reading School and the University of Reading, becoming both a Bachelor of Science and a Doctor of Philosophy there.

Career

In later life, Butler was involved in educational policy, serving as director of the Nuffield Foundation and vice-chancellor of Loughborough University. He was appointed assistant lecturer in physics at the University of Manchester in 1945, and lecturer in 1947. They had two daughters.

He died in Leicester on 30 June 1999.

Achievements

• Phillips was knighted in 1983 for his services to education.

Membership

Royal Society.