Peter Austin Nuttall (1792 or 1793 – 9 December 1869) was an English editor and classicist best known for dictionaries. He was born in

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, Lancashire and moved to London after completing his studies, gaining a

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from

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in 1822. He was a contributor and possibly an editor of ''

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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. In 1840 he petitioned Parliament against the Copyright Bill. In 1863 ''Nuttall's Standard Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language'' was published. Nuttall died

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and was survived by five children; his wife and at least three children predeceased him. Subsequently,

Frederick Warne & Co Frederick Warne & Co. is a British publisher founded in 1865. It is known for children's books, particularly those of Beatrix Potter, and for its Observer's Books. Warne is an imprint of Random House Children's Books and Penguin Random House, ...

published further dictionaries under his name as late as 1973, and ''

The Nuttall Encyclopædia ''The Nuttall Encyclopædia: Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge'' is a late 19th-century encyclopedia, edited by Rev. James Wood, first published in London in 1900 by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. Editions were rec ...

'' in 1900 (revised up to 1956).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nuttall, P Austin 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 British lexicographers