Alfred Nutt

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Alfred Nutt
folklorist
, scholar
Spouse
Marie Louise Gelly
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(m. 1885)​
Children2
Parent
RelativesWilliam Miller (great-grandfather)
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Alfred Trübner Nutt (22 November 1856 – 21 May 1910) was a prominent English publisher,

Arthurian and Celtic
scholar. Born in 1856 into a literary family in London, he took over his late father's publishing business in 1878 after studying in France and extensive European business apprenticeships.

Nutt made significant contributions to the field of

Grail legend, collaborative efforts with fellow scholars, and involvement in founding the Irish Texts Society. Nutt drowned while attempting to rescue his disabled son from the Seine
in 1910.

Biography

Alfred Trübner Nutt was born in London on 22 November 1856, the eldest, and only surviving, son of bookseller and publisher David Nutt. His mother, Ellen, was the granddaughter of another well-known publisher, William Miller.[1] His middle name was inspired by his father's publishing partnership with Nicholas Trübner.[2] Nutt was educated at the University College School, London, and the College de Vitry-le-François, in Vitry-le-François, northeast France.[1]

Nutt spent three years serving a business apprenticeship in Leipzig, Berlin, and Paris, before taking over his late father's business in 1878.

The Folk-Lore Journal (later Folk-Lore) and was elected president of The Folklore Society in 1897 and 1898.[2]

Nutt was a friend and supporter of

Whitley Stokes, Eleanor Hull and Kuno Meyer and his work had a substantial influence on the scholarship of Roger Sherman Loomis.[5] Nutt was also instrumental to the establishment of the Irish Texts Society and his firm produced its early publications.[1]

Nutt produced numerous works of scholarship, including Studies on the Legend of the Holy Grail: With Especial Reference to the Hypothesis of Its Celtic Origin,[2] and his collaboration with Meyer on The Voyage of Bran, Son of Febal, to the Land of the Living; An Old Irish Saga.[6] He authored analyses of the Mabinogion and was working on an annotated edition of Matthew Arnold's Study of Celtic Literature at the time of his death.[2]

Nutt drowned in the Seine river, France, while on holiday at Melun, on 21 May 1910.[2] He was attempting to rescue his disabled 17-year-old son, who had been dragged into the river when his horse bolted; his son survived.[7] His wife succeeded him as head of the firm.[8]

Selected publications

References

  1. ^ a b c d Murphy, David (October 2009). "Nutt, Alfred Trübner". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  2. ^
    doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35269. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  3. ^ "BMD Records (Marriages) - Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France". Geneanet. 23 February 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  4. ^ Brookman, H. E. (2012). "From Romance to Ritual: Jessie L. Weston's Gawain" (PDF). Studies in Medievalism. 21: 119–144 – via King's College London.
  5. ISSN 0015-587X
    .
  6. ^ Meyer, Kuno (1895). The Voyage of Bran, Son of Febal, to the Land of the Living; An Old Irish Saga. London: D. Nutt.
  7. ^ "Alfred Nutt Drowned: Well-Known London Publisher Dies Trying to Save His Invalid Son" (PDF). The New York Times. 24 May 1920. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
  8. ISBN 978-1-135-43402-1
    .

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