David Garrick Virtue and Morality" (Edinburgh 1797). At the age of 19, Garrick, who had been educated at Lichfield Grammar School, enrolled in Samuel Johnson's Edial Hall School. Garrick showed an enthusiasm for the theatre very early on and he appeared in a school production around this time in the role of Sergeant Kite in George Farquhar's "The Recruiting Officer". After Johnson's school was closed, he and Garrick, now friends, travelled to London together to seek their fortunes. Upon his arrival in 1737, Garrick and his brother became partners in a wine business with operations in both London and Lichfield with David
Samuel Butler (schoolmaster) father, he named one of the roads laid out, Bishop Street, in honour of the grandfather. Butler's life has been written by his grandson Samuel Butler, author of "Erewhon" ("Life and Letters of Dr Samuel Butler", 1896); see also Baker's "History of St John's College, Cambridge" (ed. JEB Mayor, 1869); Sandys, "Hist. Class. Schol." (ed. 1908), vol. iii. p. 398. Butler collected some Greek manuscripts (e.g. Minuscule 202). Samuel Butler (schoolmaster) Samuel Butler FRS (30 January 1774 – 4 December 1839) was an English classical scholar and schoolmaster of Shrewsbury, and Bishop of Lichfield. His grandson was Samuel Butler (1835–1902),