Richard Butler
In The Sketch, 24 July 1895
Born
Richard William Butler

(1844-05-21)21 May 1844
London, England
Died21 December 1928(1928-12-21) (aged 84)
Occupation(s)Dramatist, magazine editor

Richard William Butler (21 May 1844 – 21 December 1928) was a British dramatist and editor of The Referee magazine in the late Victorian period.[1]

He shared a joint pen name, Richard Henry, with Henry Chance Newton. Works attributed to Richard Henry include Monte Cristo Jr. (burlesque melodrama 1886); Jubilation (musical mixture 1887); Frankenstein, or The Vampire's Victim, a parody of the Mary Shelley novel Frankenstein, presented at the Gaiety Theatre, London, in 1887; and Opposition (a debate in one sitting 1892).

Biography

Richard Butler was born in London on 21 May 1844.[2]

He worked as a proofreader for The Daily Telegraph from 1871 to 1877.[2]

He died on 21 December 1928.[3]

Notes

  1. "Journals and Journalists of To-day". The Sketch. X (122): 703. 24 July 1895. Retrieved 3 September 2023 via Google Books.
  2. 1 2 Addison, Henry Robert; et al. (1907). Who's Who. Vol. 59. A & C Black. p. 266.
  3. Who Was Who. Vol. 2. 1962. p. 158. Retrieved 3 September 2023 via Google Books.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.