Eilert Ekwall

Eilert Ekwall

Eilert Ekwall (8 January 187723 November 1964) was a Swede who was Professor of English at Lund University from 1909 to 1942. He studied the toponymy of England, and wrote "English River Names" (1928) and "The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names" (1936).

Further reading

O. von Feilitzen, "The Published Writings of Eilert Ekwall: A Bibliography", CWK Gleerup, Lund, 1961, [http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/oclc/1434716 WorldCat catalogue record] .


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