Last names
There is a name for people who study names. They are onomasticians. Onomastics is their game. Old onomasticians are not forgotten. Not all of them, anyway. The American Name Society maintains a list called "Who Was Who in North American Name Study". Nearly 40 of the fallen are remembered with essays. They come across as a proudly quirky bunch….
So begins this week’s Improbable Research column in The Guardian