Peter Austin Nuttall (1792 or 1793 – 9 December 1869) was an English editor and classicist best known for dictionaries. He was born in
Ormskirk
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, Lancashire and moved to London after completing his studies, gaining a
doctorate
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from
Aberdeen University in 1822. He was a contributor and possibly an editor of ''
The Gentleman's Magazine
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'' between 1820 and 1837. 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, and revised editions of older dictionaries such as
Walker's and
Johnson's
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. In 1840 he petitioned Parliament against the
Copyright Bill. 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, and ''
The Nuttall Encyclopædia'' in 1900 (revised up to 1956
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English book publishers (people)
English lexicographers
English editors
People from Ormskirk
Alumni of the University of Aberdeen
1790s births
1869 deaths
19th-century English businesspeople
19th-century lexicographers