Robert William Alexander was an Irish writer (usual pen name: Joan Butler) (21 November 1905 - 17 December 1979).
With regard to the novels he wrote, under the pen name of Joan Butler, Alexander developed a funny style which echoed that of such authors as Thorne Smith and P. G. Wodehouse[1] Robert was born on 21 November 1905, in his family's house at Railway Avenue, Sutton, County Dublin, some 12 km northeast of the city center.
Robert's father was an electrical engineer who worked with the Great Northern Railway (Ireland).
The Alexanders were the first family to take possession of one of the houses built by the company for the engineers, in Railway Avenue.
Their parents, James and Ellen, were born in Waterford and moved to Dublin when they married.