What is Commodore Nutt?
{{vgood}} {{Infobox person | name = Commodore Nutt | image = Commodore Nutt in uniform, ca. 1865.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = Commodore Nutt in uniform, about 1865 | birth_name = George Washington Morrison Nutt | birth_date = {{Birth date|1849|4|1}} | birth_place = [[Manchester, New Hampshire|Manchester]], Hillsborough County, [[New Hampshire]], United States of America | death_date = {{Death date and age|1881|5|25|1848|4|1}} | death_place = Anthony House<br />[[New York City, New York]],<br />United States of America | body_discovered = | death_cause = [[Bright's disease]] | resting_place = Uncertain, but probably Merrill Cemetery, Manchester, New Hampshire | nationality = American | citizenship = | other_names = | known_for = Rivaling [[General Tom Thumb]] for the hand of [[Lavinia Warren]] | education = | alma_mater = | employer = [[P. T. Barnum]] | occupation = Entertainer | home_town = | title = | networth = | height = 29–30 inches (at his 1862 debut)<br />42 inches (at his death) | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | spouse = Lilian Elston of [[Redwood City, California]] | partner = | children = None known | parents = Major Rodnia Nutt<br />Maria (Dodge) Nutt | relations = James Dodge Nutt (brother)<br />Rodnia Nutt, Jr. (brother)<br />Mary Ann Nutt (sister) | callsign = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Commodore Nutt''' (April 1, 1848 – May 25, 1881) was an American [[wikt:entertainer|entertainer]]. He was born with the name '''George Washington Morrison Nutt''' in [[New Hampshire]]. He was very short. In 1861, he was [[wikt:tour#Verb|touring]] [[New England]] with a [[circus]] when [[P. T. Barnum]] hired him to appear at the [[American Museum]] in [[New York City]]. Barnum gave Nutt the [[stage name]] Commodore Nutt, a [[wikt:wardrobe|wardrobe]] that included [[wikt:naval|nav