16 Facts About Allen Mawer

Allen Mawer was born at Bow, London, on 8 May 1879.

Allen Mawer was born the second child and eldest son of five children, to George Henry Mawer of South Hackney and Clara Isabella Allen.

Allen Mawer's father was a commercial traveller in fancy trimmings and secretary of the Country Towns' Mission.

Allen Mawer's parents were of strong religious feeling who valued education.

Allen Mawer entered University College London in 1898 as a graduate, where he was the Morley Medallist.

Allen Mawer entered Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, in October 1901 as a foundation scholar, residing there for three years, obtaining a double mark of distinction in the English sections of the Medieval and Modern Languages Tripos.

In October 1905, Allen Mawer was appointed Lecturer in English at the University of Sheffield.

In 1921, Allen Mawer became Baines Professor of the English Language at the University of Liverpool, succeeding Henry Cecil Kennedy Wyld.

Four of the eight volumes of the Survey produced during Allen Mawer's lifetime were authored by him.

The first volume, Introduction to the Survey of English Place-Names, was written with Stenton, while the second volume, Chief Elements used in English Place-Names, Allen Mawer wrote by himself.

Allen Mawer was awarded the Biennial Prize for English Studies of the British Academy in 1929 in recognition of his work for the Society.

In 1929, Allen Mawer was elected provost of University College London.

Allen Mawer was awarded an honorary DCL from Durham University in 1937.

Allen Mawer was an honorary foreign member of the Royal Flemish Academy.

Allen Mawer married Lettice Mona Kathleen Heath on 8 July 1909.

Allen Mawer was the daughter of the Rev Christopher Heath of Wellesley Court, Cheltenham, who was Vicar of Hucclecote, Gloucestershire.