page_title: George Butler (1819–1890)
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: George Butler (1819–1890) / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: Studio portrait of w:George Butler, an English divine and schoolmaster
context_page_description: The Reverend Canon George Butler was an English divine and schoolmaster.
context_section_description: In 1842 Butler became a Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford. He was appointed a professor at Durham University in 1848, returning to Oxford as a lecturer in 1850. Later he was a housemaster at Cheltenham College, and he became Principal of Liverpool College in 1865. Liverpool College's academic performance improved, with six open scholarships to Oxford and Cambridge by 1869. On 28 January 1870 it was announced that "a Liverpool boy had for the first time won the most coveted award at Cambridge or any other University" – this was Richard Pendlebury, Senior Wrangler in 1870.
  In 1882 Butler retired from Liverpool College, when appointed a canon of Winchester Cathedral. Butler died in London on 14 March 1890, and was buried in the cemetery at Winchester.
caption: Butler, date unknown
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