Samuel Butler (schoolmaster)

thumb| Samuel Butler FRS (30 January 1774 – 4 December 1839) was an English classical scholar and schoolmaster of Shrewsbury School, and Bishop of Lichfield. Quotes If the word Quarter be taken in its proper sense for an equal fourth part, the term is absurd when applied to the divisions of the globe; but not if we use it in the sense of division, or region. Thus, we speak of the quarters of an orange, of quartering ground, &c. and we say, In these quarters, for In these regions, or In this part of the World. Still the division of the world into four quarters is inconvenient, as it leaves us at a loss to which we must assign New Holland and the Islands in the South Seas. A Sketch of Modern and Ancient Geography, 2nd ed. (London, 1813), ch. II, p. 11, note External links Category:1774 births Category:1839 deaths Category:Educators from England Category:Non-fiction authors from England Category:Church of England clergy Category:People educated at Rugby School Category:University of Cambridge alumni Category:Classical scholars Category:People from Warwickshire Category:Fellows of the Royal Society