Peter Short (died 1603) was an English printer based in London in the later Elizabethan era.
[1] Short became a "freeman" (full member) of the Stationers Company on 1 March 1589, and operated his own business from that year until his death; he was partnered with Richard Yardley until 1593.
Short began publishing music in 1597; he issued Thomas Morley's A Plaine and Easy Introduction and both Canzonets, Dowland's First Book of Songs, Holborne's Cittharn School, and Hunnis's Seven Sobs.
Short used type which was passed on and used by his successors (Humphrey Lownes, James Young).
Short printed a few non-Shakespearean play texts as well: Short's connection with the Shakespeare canon has led scholars to study his printed output and learn details of the workings of his shop, including the compositors he employed.