Luther Albertus Brewer

Luther Albertus Brewer (1858–1933) was an American publisher, printer and book collector of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. After editing the Cedar Rapids Republican he founded the Torch Press in 1907, which became known for fine printing and for the Christmas books he issued privately each year. He assembled one of the great collections of the writings and papers of the English essayist Leigh Hunt, now at the University of Iowa, and wrote and spoke about Hunt throughout his life. With Barthinius L. Wick he compiled the History of Linn County Iowa in 1911, and he served as president of the Iowa State Historical Society.