Eilert Ekwall (1877–1964)
Author of The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names
About the Author
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1877-01-08
- Date of death
- 1964-11-23
- Gender
- male
- Awards and honors
- Ledamot, Kungliga Vitterhetsakademien (Fellow of the Royal Academy of Letters)
Ledamot, Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien (Fellow of the Royal Academy of Sciences) - Nationality
- Sweden
- Birthplace
- Vallsjö, Sweden
- Burial location
- Norra kyrkogården, Lund, Sweden
- Map Location
- Sweden
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This is the standard reference book for English place-names. though this particular edition has been superseded by later ones. It gives useful brief historical examples of early forms of the names, and attempts to explain their derivation, sometimes more confidently than others.
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- Works
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- Members
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- #100,549
- Rating
- 4.6
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- ISBNs
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