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| - Montagu Christie BUTLER (naskiĝis la 25-an de januaro 1884 en Londono, mortis la 5-an de majo 1970) estis angla muzikisto kaj unu el la plej gravaj britaj esperantistoj, kiu aktivis dum jardekoj sur multaj terenoj de Esperanto en Britujo, i.a. kiel bibliotekisto, Esperanto-vortaristo kaj tradukisto. Butler estis kvakero kaj vegetarano. (eo)
- Montagu Christie Butler (25 January 1884 – 5 May 1970) was a British academic, librarian, lexicographer, musician, and Esperantist. A winner of several prizes at the Royal Academy of Music in London, he was a harpist and a versatile music teacher skilled in playing various musical instruments, as well as a teacher of voice and of musical composition. As a quaker and absolute pacifist, Butler was classed as a conscientious objector during World War One. He served time in prison, where he met the composer and fellow prisoner Frank Merrick, helping him learn Esperanto. (en)
- Montagu Christie Butler (Londra, 25 gennaio 1884 – 5 maggio 1970) è stato un musicista ed esperantista britannico. Vinse numerosi premi presso la Royal Academy of Music di Londra: era infatti un arpista e un versatile insegnante di musica, in grado di suonare diversi strumenti, oltre che docente di composizione musicale. (it)
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| - Montagu Christie BUTLER (naskiĝis la 25-an de januaro 1884 en Londono, mortis la 5-an de majo 1970) estis angla muzikisto kaj unu el la plej gravaj britaj esperantistoj, kiu aktivis dum jardekoj sur multaj terenoj de Esperanto en Britujo, i.a. kiel bibliotekisto, Esperanto-vortaristo kaj tradukisto. Butler estis kvakero kaj vegetarano. (eo)
- Montagu Christie Butler (25 January 1884 – 5 May 1970) was a British academic, librarian, lexicographer, musician, and Esperantist. A winner of several prizes at the Royal Academy of Music in London, he was a harpist and a versatile music teacher skilled in playing various musical instruments, as well as a teacher of voice and of musical composition. As a quaker and absolute pacifist, Butler was classed as a conscientious objector during World War One. He served time in prison, where he met the composer and fellow prisoner Frank Merrick, helping him learn Esperanto. From 1922, Butler was a member of the Lingva Komitato, the group tasked with preserving the fundamental principles of the Esperanto language and guiding its evolution. From 1916 to 1934, he served as secretary of the Esperanto Association of Britain, and was its honorary president from 1961 until 1970. Butler was later elected a member of the international Academy of Esperanto, where he served from 1948 until 1970. (en)
- Montagu Christie Butler (Londra, 25 gennaio 1884 – 5 maggio 1970) è stato un musicista ed esperantista britannico. Vinse numerosi premi presso la Royal Academy of Music di Londra: era infatti un arpista e un versatile insegnante di musica, in grado di suonare diversi strumenti, oltre che docente di composizione musicale. Fu un quacchero e un vegetariano. Nel 1905 apprese l'esperanto; da quel momento iniziò ad insegnarlo ai suoi studenti, e fu fra i primi a guadagnare una padronanza totale della lingua. Butler entrò a far parte del Lingva Komitato, l'organismo allora preposto a sovrintendere all'evoluzione della lingua (il ruolo è oggi svolto dalla Akademio de Esperanto). Dal 1916 al 1934 fu segretario della . (it)
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