Marilyn Butler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Marilyn Butler

British literary critic & academic

Date of Birth: 11-Feb-1937

Place of Birth: Kingston upon Thames, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 11-Mar-2014

Profession: historian, literary critic

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Marilyn Speers Butler, Lady Butler, FRSA, FRSL, FBA (née Evans; 11 February 1937 – 11 March 2014) was a British literary critic.
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.