Peter Herbert Butter

Background

Peter Herbert Butter was born on April 7, 1921 in Coldstream, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Education

Butter was a graduate of Balliol College, Oxford.

Career

Butter, a professor, studied poets that used symbolism and mysticism in the works of including Yeats, Shelley, and Francis Thompson. However, Butter's principal research focused on the poet Edwin Muir. Butter served in World War II after studying at the college level. He lectured at Edinburgh University and later took a professorship at Glasgow University. Butter's editorial work and style of writing purposefully drew more attention to his subject than to himself.

He died on May 11, 1999 aged 78.

Achievements

• Butter was known as a teacher who devoted as much time to his students as to his research. Writings by Butter include Edwin Muir and Edwin Muir: Man and Poet. Butter also edited Complete Poems of Edwin Muir and William Blake.

Works

• book

  • Edwin Muir: man and poet

Interests

• Butter had an interest in visual art and a subtle sense of humor.

References

• Contemporary Authors New Revision: A Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Nonfiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictures, Television, and Other Fields: 178