Adrian Room, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetAdrian Room
British toponymist
Date of Birth: 27-Sep-1933
Date of Death: 01-Jan-2011
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Adrian Room
- Adrian Richard West Room (27 September 1933, Melksham – 6 November 2010, Stamford, Lincolnshire) was a British toponymist and onomastician, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a prolific author of reference works relating primarily to the origins of word and place-names.Between 1952 and 1979, Room served in the Royal Naval Reserve, Special Branch, retiring as a Lieutenant Commander.
- Before becoming a full-time author, he was employed at King's College School, Cambridge, where he taught modern languages and was a senior house master.
- He later, until 1984, worked as a senior lecturer in Russian for the Ministry of Defence.
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