Samuel Butler (4 or 5 December 1835 – 18 June 1902) is an iconoclastic Victorian-era English author who publishes a variety of works.
Two of his most famous pieces are the Utopian satire Erewhon and a semi-autobiographical novel published posthumously, The Way of All Flesh.
He is also known for examining Christian orthodoxy, substantive studies of evolutionary thought, studies of Italian art, and works of literary history and criticism.
Butler also makes prose translations of The Iliad and The Odyssey which remain in use to this day.
