Kenneth Cameron (toponymist)

Kenneth Cameron, CBE, FSA, FRHistS, FBA (21 May 1922 – 10 March 2001) was a British toponymist and academic, specialising in English place-names. Having taught at the University of Sheffield from 1947 to 1950, he moved to the University of Nottingham where he spent the rest of his career and was Professor of English Language from 1963 to 1987. From 1966 to 1993, he was Honorary Director of the English Place-Name Society and General Editor of the English Place-Name Survey: he was editor of the Society's Journal from 1972 to 1990.[1][2][3]

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