Kenneth Cameron (toponymist) explained

Kenneth Cameron, (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]

Honours

In 1976, Cameron was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences. He had also been elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS) in 1970 and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA) in 1984. In the 1987 New Year Honours, he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).

In 1969, Cameron was awarded the Sir Israel Gollancz Prize by the British Academy. In 1990, he was awarded the Jöran Sahlgren Prize by the Royal Gustavus Adolphus Academy. He was the subject of a Festschrift edited by Thorlac Turville-Petre and Margaret Gelling: Studies in Honour of Kenneth Cameron, Leeds Studies in English, no. 18 (1987). This contains a bibliography of his published works up to 1985.

Selected works

Notes and References

  1. Gelling . Margaret . Margaret Gelling . Kenneth Cameron 1922–2001 . Proceedings of the British Academy . 2002 . 115 . 103–116 . 9 January 2021 . The British Academy .
  2. News: Watts . Victor . Victor Watts . Obituary: Prof Kenneth Cameron . 9 January 2021 . The Guardian . 9 April 2001 . en.
  3. Web site: Cameron, Prof. Kenneth, (21 May 1922–10 March 2001), Professor of English Language, 1963–87, then Professor Emeritus, and Head of Department of English Studies, 1984–87, University of Nottingham . . Oxford University Press . 9 January 2021 . en . 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U9973 . 1 December 2007. 978-0-19-954089-1 .