Alfred Nutt

Alfred Trübner Nutt (22 November 1856 – 21 May 1910) was a British publisher, now best known for his writing as folklorist and Celticist.

Biography

Nutt was born in London, the eldest son of David Nutt, a London publisher. His mother was the granddaughter of another well-known publisher, William Miller. He was educated at University College London School and College de Vitry-le-François, in Maine, France. He spend three years serving a business apprenticeship in Leipzig, Berlin and Paris before taking over his late father's business in 1878. Nutt founded The Folk-Lore Journal (now Folklore). He was elected president of the Folklore Society in 1897.

He was a friend and supporter of Jessie Weston, sharing her interest in Celtic origins of the Grail legend, and publishing some of her books. He was also associated with Whitley Stokes, Eleanor Hull and Kuno Meyer and his work had a substantial influence on the scholarship of Roger Sherman Loomis. Nutt was also instrumental to the establishment of the Irish Texts Society and his firm published the early volumes of Society from 1899 to 1914.