May Butcher, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

May Butcher

Maltese translator

Date of Birth: 26-Aug-1886

Date of Death: 21-Dec-1950

Profession: writer, translator

Nationality: Malta

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About May Butcher

  • May Butcher (26 August 1886, Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire - 21 December 1950, Malta) was an English-born Maltese writer who translated several works from the Maltese language into English. Butcher was the fourth of nine children of Colonel Henry Townsend Butcher and Annie Susan Dalrymple-Hay.She translated the words of the Maltese national anthem (L-Innu Malti), and translated the biography of Mikiel Anton Vassalli. One of her most important works is the book Elements in Maltese, published in 1938, which provides details not only on the Semitic aspect of the Maltese language, but also gives importance to the Romantic aspect. A street in Iklin, Malta bears her name.

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