Peter Austin Nuttall (1792 or 1793 – 9 December 1869) was an English editor and classicist best known for dictionaries. He was born in
Ormskirk, Lancashire and moved to London after completing his studies, gaining a
doctorate from
Aberdeen University in 1822. He was a contributor and possibly an editor of The Gentleman's Magazine between 1820 and 1837.[1][2] From 1825 his editions of Latin authors were published. In 1839 he became a partner in a printing business, producing classics, educational reference books, anti-Catholic apologetics,[3] and revised editions of older dictionaries such as
Walker's and
Johnson's. In 1840 he petitioned Parliament against the
Copyright Bill.[4] In 1863 Nuttall's Standard Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language was published. Nuttall died
bankrupt and was survived by five children; his wife and at least three children predeceased him. Subsequently,
Frederick Warne & Co published further dictionaries under his name as late as 1973,[5] and The Nuttall Encyclopædia in 1900[6] (revised up to 1956[7]).
Horace (1827–30). Nuttall, P. Austin (ed.). Q. Horatii Flacci opera : with an ordo and verbal translation. Vol. 4 vols. Translated by John Stirling. London: Printed for T. Ward.
OCLC8301987.
Juvenal (1825). Nuttall, P. Austin (ed.). D. Junii Juvenalis Satirae. Translated by John Stirling. London: T. Ward.
OCLC37832031.
Juvenal (1836). Nuttall, P. Austin (ed.).
D. Junii Juvenalis Satirae. Linear translation by John Stirling; verse translation by
William Gifford (Revised ed.). London: Printed for the editor by Nichols & Son.
OCLC937025568. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
Virgil (1826). P. Virgilii Maronis Bucolica; containing an ordo and interlineal translation accompanying the text; a treatise on Latin versification and references to a scanning table. Translated by Nuttall, P. Austin.
OCLC950774565.
Reference works
Craig, John, ed. (1864). Universal English dictionary, comprising the etymology, definition, and pronunciation of all known words in the language, as well as technical terms used in art, science, literature, commerce, and law. Supplement of new words by P.A. Nuttall. London: Routledge.
OCLC7047919.
Nuttall, P. Austin, ed. (1860s). Routledge's Diamond dictionary of the English language, adapted to the present state of English literature : in which every word is defined with precision and brevity, and the accentuation and orthography clearly shown. London: Routledge.
OCLC79439461.
Hawkes, A. J (1954). Bagley, J. J (ed.). "Peter Austin Nuttall: a forgotten Lancashire scholar, first editor of Nuttall's standard dictionary". Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society. 64. Manchester: 83–92.
^de Montluzin, Emily Lorraine (1994). "Attributions of Authorship in the "Gentleman's Magazine", 1809–26: A Supplement to Kuist". Studies in Bibliography. 47. Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia: 164–195: 193.
JSTOR40371999.; de Montluzin, Emily Lorraine (1996). "Attributions of Authorship in the "Gentleman's Magazine", 1827-48: A Supplement to Kuist". Studies in Bibliography. 49. Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia: 176–207: 205.
JSTOR40372035.
^Wood, James; Dawson, Lawrence H.; Prior, C.M. (1956). The Nuttall encyclopedia, dealing with biography, geography, history, mythology, literature, science and invention, religions of the world, politics, art, music, ... : the stage, sport. business, law, etc. London & New York: F. Warne.
OCLC70283857.
External links
de Montluzin, Emily Lorraine.
"Matches for "Nuttall"". Attributions of Authorship in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1731-1868: An Electronic Union List. The Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia. Retrieved 12 September 2016.