Alfred Nutt

Alfred Trübner Nutt (22 November 1856 – 21 May 1910) was an English publisher, folklorist, and Arthurian and Celtic scholar.

[2] Nutt was a friend and supporter of Jessie Weston, sharing her interest in Celtic origins of the Grail legend, and publishing some of her books.

[3] 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.

[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.

[5] 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.