Nutt, Alfred

Alfred Trubner Nutt (22 November 1856 - 21 May 1910) was a British publisher, now best known for his writing as folklorist and Celticist. Nutt was born in London, the eldest son of David Nutt, a London publisher. His mother was the grand-daughter of another well-known publisher, William Miller. He was educated at University College London and College de Vitry-le-Francois, 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 pr...