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David Butler

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October 17, 1924 in The United Kingdom

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Dr. David Edgeworth Butler (born 17 October 1924) is a Social Scientist and Psephologist.

He was educated at St Paul's School and New College, Oxford and attended Princeton University from 1947-48. He then returned to Oxford as a researcher and academic at Nuffield College. Between 1956-64 he served as Personal Assistant to HM Ambassador in Washington.

Dr Butler is the author of many publications, but perhaps his most important work is the Nuffield Election Studies of each United Kingdom General Election since 1945. Since 1974, these studies have been co-written with Dennis Kavanagh. He was an on-screen expert on the B...more

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Average rating: 3.65 · 412 ratings · 66 reviews · 107 distinct works

	Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings by Zhuangzi, Burton Watson 4.28 avg rating — 491 ratings — published -350 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Fall of Saigon 3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1985 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Marco Polo by David Butler, Keith Miles 4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1982 — 2 editions	My rating:
	A Question of Existence 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2001	My rating:
	Out Of The African Ark 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	My rating:
	Farmhand's Favorite Pies by David Butler, David Butler 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	My rating:
	A Question of Leadership 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2001	My rating:
	The Men Who Mastered Time 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	My rating:
	The British General Election Of 2001 by David Butler, Dennis Kavanagh 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	My rating:
	The scarlet and the black 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1983	My rating: