Irish architectural historian, academic, journalist and architect
Rudolf Maximilian Butler
Born
30 September 1872
Dublin
Died
3 February 1943
Dublin
Nationality
Irish
Other names
R.M. Butler
Occupation(s)
Architect, Academic
Known for
Professor of Architecture at University College, Dublin, Editor of the Irish Builder, Architect of many Catholic churches, Founder of the AAI
Rudolf Maximilian Butler, RIAI, FRIBA, RSAI, RHA, RIA, (30 September 1872 – 3 February 1943) was a well-known Irish Roman Catholic ecclesiastical architectural historian, academic, journalist, and architect of Dublin active, throughout late-nineteenth-century to mid-twentieth-century Ireland.[1] He resided and worked at 23 Kildare Street, Dublin until he designed a new residence for himself at 73, Ailesbury Road.[2] He was brought up a Moravian and may have remained in that faith throughout his life, however, he designed all of his churches for the Roman Catholic Church, particularly for the Passionist Fathers. He was a founding member of the AAI in 1896, editor of the Irish Builder from 1899 to 1935, and professor of architecture at University College, Dublin.[3][4]
In 1911, he married Annie Gibbons, a catholic; their son and three daughters were brought up as catholics. He died on 3 February 1943 in Dublin. His practice, R. M. Butler & Co., was continued by his son, John Geoffrey Butler, and his daughter Eleanor Butler.[1]
^Loeber, Rolf; Campbell, Hugh; Hurley, Livia; Montague, John; Rowley, Ellen, eds. (2014). Architecture 1600–2000. Art and Architecture of Ireland. Vol. IV. Dublin: Yale University Press. p. 526. ISBN978-0-300-17922-4.
^Williams, Jeremy (1994). A Companion Guide to Architecture in Ireland 1837–1921. Irish Academic Press. p. 83. ISBN0-7165-2513-5.
^"Letterfrack, County Galway 30329007". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
