Frank R. Hamlin

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Frank Rodway Hamlin (* 1935 in Wolverhampton , England ; † 2000 in Richmond , British Columbia ) was a Canadian Romanist , Provençalist and onomasticist of British origin.

life and work

Hamlin earned his doctorate in 1959 in Birmingham for Ph.D. with the work Le suffixes "-acum" dans la toponymie de l'Hérault. Contribution à l'étude des noms de lieux du Languedoc (Montpellier 1959) and became Professor of French at the University of British Columbia in Canada in 1963 . From 1988 to 1994 he edited the magazine Onomastica Canadiana .

Works

  • (with Peter T. Ricketts and John Hathaway) Introduction à l'étude de l'ancien provençal. Textes d'étude , Geneva 1967, 1985
  • (with André Cabrol) Les noms de lieux du département de l'Hérault. Nouveau dictionnaire topographique et étymologique , Montpellier 1983 ( Prix ​​Albert Dauzat ), Nîmes 1988; ud T. Toponymie de l'Hérault. Dictionnaire topographique et étymologique , Montpellier 2000
  • (with Christian Camps and Jean-Claude Richard) Cartulaire de Gellone. Tables des noms de personnes et des noms de lieux , Montpellier 1994

literature

  • [Obituary] in: Names. A Journal of Onomastics 48.1, 2000
  • In honor of / dédié à la mémoire de Frank Hamlin, 1935–2000, in: Onomastica Canadiana 84, 2002 (Frank R. Hamlin, “Publications”, 3–12; Joseph Gulsoy, “Frank R. Hamlin's scholarship and research”, 13–25; Marianne Mulon, “Frank R. Hamlin au travail”, 35–41)

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Hamlin, Frank R.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hamlin, Frank Rodway (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian Romanist, Provençalist and Onomastic
DATE OF BIRTH 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Wolverhampton , England, UK
DATE OF DEATH 2000
Place of death Richmond , British Columbia, Canada