Allen Walker Read (1906–2002)

Allen Walker Read was a Rhodes Scholar and was awarded a B. Litt. and D. Litt. from Oxford University. After several teaching positions, he taught at Columbia University from 1945 to 1974 and retired as Professor Emeritus of English. As a linguist, lexicographer, folklorist and historian, much of toon meer Dr. Allen Read's research was focused on naming. He served as president of the American Name Society toon minder