Sir Allen Mawer FBA | |
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Born | Bow, London, England | 8 May 1879
Died | 22 July 1942 Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England | (aged 63)
Nationality | English |
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Lettice Mona Kathleen Heath
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Children | 5 |
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Sir Allen Mawer, FBA (8 May 1879 − 22 July 1942) was an English philologist. A notable researcher of Viking activity in the British Isles, Mawer is best known as the founder of the English Place-Name Society, and as Provost of University College London from 1929 to 1942.