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]).

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Literary editions
  • Burns, Robert (1866). Willmott, Robert Aris (ed.). The poetical works of Robert Burns. Preface by P. Austin Nuttall. London. OCLC 793720328.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Fuller, Thomas (1840). Nuttall, P. Austin (ed.). History of the worthies of England. Vol. 3 vols. London: Thomas Tegg. OCLC 565629625.
  • 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. OCLC 8301987.
  • Juvenal (1825). Nuttall, P. Austin (ed.). D. Junii Juvenalis Satirae. Translated by John Stirling. London: T. Ward. OCLC 37832031.
  • 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. OCLC 937025568. 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. OCLC 950774565.
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  • Taylor, Peter. "Walker's Dictionary: Background Information". johnwalkerdictionaries.co.uk. 3.11 Peter Austin Nuttall [based on Hawkes 1954]. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  • 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.

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  1. ^ Kuist, James M. (July 1982). The Nichols file of the Gentleman's magazine: attributions of authorship and other documentation in editorial papers at the Folger Library. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 9780299084806.
  2. ^ 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. JSTOR 40371999.; 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. JSTOR 40372035.
  3. ^ Moody, T. H. Croft (1843). The Foundation of the Roman Church Destroyed by a Chain of Argumental Evidence. Cheltenham: P. A. Nuttall. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  4. ^ Journals of the House of Commons (PDF). Vol. 95. 1840. p. 313. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  5. ^ Dawson, Lawrence H (1976) [1973]. Nuttall's concise standard dictionary of the English language (New ed.). London: F. Warne. OCLC 16369801.
  6. ^ Wood, James (1900). The Nuttall Encyclopaedia; Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge. London: F. Warne & Co. OCLC 560375817. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  7. ^ 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. OCLC 70283857.
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  • 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.