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Sir Allen Mawer
FBA
Born(1879-05-08)8 May 1879
Bow, London, England
Died22 July 1942(1942-07-22) (aged 63)
Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England
NationalityEnglish
Spouse
Lettice Mona Kathleen Heath
(after 1909)
Children5
Academic background
Alma mater
  • Coopers' Company and Coborn School
  • London University
  • University College London
  • Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Academic advisors
  • Hector Munro Chadwick
  • W. P. Ker
Academic work
Discipline
  • Philology
Institutions
  • University of Sheffield
  • Newcastle University
  • University of Liverpool
  • University College London
Main interests
  • Viking activity in the British Isles
  • Toponymy of England
Notable works
  • The Vikings (1913)
  • Place-Names of Northumberland and Durham (1920)

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.

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Allen Mawer

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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...

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Mawer

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The surname Mawer may refer to: Allen Mawer (1879–1942), English philologist Barbara Mawer (1936–2006), British scientist Catherine Mawer (1803–1877)...

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Honey hole

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Todmorden Unitarian Church in West Yorkshire, England John Eric Bruce Gover, Allen Mawer, Frank Merry Stenton, Survey of English Place-Names: The Place-Names...

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River Lea

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the original on 27 May 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012. J.E.B. Glover, Allen Mawer, F.M.Stenton (1938). The Place-Names of Hertfordshire. Cambridge University...

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Great Missenden

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and also in the Hertfordshire place-name Miswell. Frank Stenton and Allen Mawer guessed that it came from a hypothetical Anglo-Saxon personal name Myrsa...

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Frithsden

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Cherry Turnover. The village has also a winery, the Frithsden Vineyard. Allen Mawer, F.M. Stenton: The place-names of Hertfordschire; Cambridge University...

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Lugus

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Philologie, 31, 1970, p. 24. Schrijver 1995, p. 348. J.E.B. Glover, Allen Mawer, F.M.Stenton (1938). The Place-Names of Hertfordshire. Cambridge University...

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Cainey

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by Allen Mawer and Frank Stenton as an Old English personal name Caua compounded with the noun eg, here meaning 'low marshy ground'.: 52–53  A. Mawer and...

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Tyburn

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of the River Thames to the east of the Westbourne. Gover, J. E. B., Allen Mawer and F. M. Stenton The Place-Names of Middlesex. Nottingham: English Place-Name...

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River Misbourne

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Missenden, and also in the Tring place-name Miswell. Frank Stenton and Allen Mawer guessed that it came from a hypothetical Anglo-Saxon personal name Myrsa...

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Frank Stenton

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Keble College, Oxford, and was elected an Honorary Fellow in 1947. With Allen Mawer, Stenton wrote the second English Place-Name Society volume, The Place-Names...

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Ivinghoe

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promontory' similar to german Höhe) refers probably to Ivinghoe Beacon. Allen Mawer notes that Ivinghoe is located "at the base of a considerable spur of...

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Daqin

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London & New York: Routledge, ISBN 0-415-24219-3, p. 29. Granville Allen Mawer (2013), "The Riddle of Catigara" in Robert Nichols and Martin Woods (eds)...

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Ba Maw

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war: Burma and Thailand in modern history. London: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-0-04-294105-9. "Ba Maw – Oxford Reference". www.oxfordreference.com. Archived...

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Beardwell

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Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 24 April 2021. J. E. B. Gover, Allen Mawer, F. M. Stenton, The Place-names of Wiltshire, Vol. 16 (University Press...

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History of University College London

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Gregory Foster (1904–1906) Provost: Sir Gregory Foster (1906–1929) Sir Allen Mawer (1930–1942) David Pye (1943–1951) Sir Ifor Evans (1951–1966) Lord Annan...

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Little Missenden

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and also in the Hertfordshire place-name Miswell. Frank Stenton and Allen Mawer guessed that it came from a hypothetical Anglo-Saxon personal name Myrsa...

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Gregory Foster

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post Provost of the University College London 1904–1929 Succeeded by Allen Mawer Preceded by The Lord Beveridge PC KCB Vice-Chancellor of the University...

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List of Australian Army generals

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Volume 11, Melbourne University Press, 1988, pp 161–162. Granville Allen Mawer (1988) Pethebridge, Sir Samuel Augustus (1862–1918), Australian Dictionary...

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Norwood Green

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of Middlesex Apart from the City of London:By John Eric Bruce Gover, Allen Mawer, Frank Merry Stenton, Sidney Joseph Madge, English Place-Name Society...

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Cockerton

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co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016. Allen Mawer, The place names of Northumberland and Durham (Cambridge: Cambridge University...

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Low Cocklaw

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surrounded by rolling farmland which is dominated by cereal growing. Allen Mawer rather tentatively identified the early place-name Creklawe~Crokelawe...

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Kilburn Priory

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London Encyclopedia, Macmillan, ISBN 978-1-4050-4925-2 J. E. B. Gover; Allen Mawer; F. M. Stenton (1942). The Place-names of Middlesex apart from the City...

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List of fellows of the British Academy elected in the 1930s

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Wight Duff Dr Edward Jenks H. W. B. Joseph Professor J. E. Lloyd Dr Allen Mawer Professor J. G. Robertson Rev. H. E. Salter Professor C. K. Webster Professor...

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