David Butler (psephologist)

Sir
David Butler
Born(1924-10-17)17 October 1924
London, England
Died8 November 2022(2022-11-08) (aged 98)
Oxfordshire, England
Known forPsephology
Spouse
(m. 1962; died 2014)
Children3
AwardsKnight Bachelor (2011)

Sir David Edgeworth Butler CBE FBA (17 October 1924 – 8 November 2022) was an English political scientist who specialised in psephology, the study of elections. He has been described as "the father of modern election science".