| Birth Date: | 26 September 1883 |
| Birth Place: | Bardsea, United Kingdom |
| Death Place: | Cambridge, United Kingdom |
| Workplaces: | University of Cambridge |
| Discipline: | Modern languages |
| Sub Discipline: | French, Italian |
Kathleen Teresa Blake Butler (born Bardsea, 26 September 1883 – died Cambridge, 2 May 1950) was an academic specialising in Modern Languages.[1]
Butler was educated at Newnham College, Cambridge. She was on the staff of the Royal Holloway College from 1913 to 1915 when she returned to Cambridge as a Fellow of Girton. She was a Lecturer in Modern Languages from 1915 to 1942; Director of Studies in Modern Languages from 1917 to 1938; University Lecturer in Italian from 1926 to 1949; Vice-Mistress of Girton from 1936 to 38; and Mistress of Girton from 1942[2] to 1949.[3] Her publications included "A History of French Literature" (1923);[4] "Les Premières Lettres de Guez de Balzac" (1934); and "Tredici novelle modern" (1946).[5] Her sister, Eliza Marian Butler, was an academic specialising in the German language.[6]