 Eilert Ekwall

Bror Oscar Eilert Ekwall (born 8 January 1877 in Vallsjö (now in Sävsjö, Jönköpings län, Sweden, died 23 November 1964 in Lund, Skåne län, Sweden), known as "Eilert Ekwall", was Professor of English at Sweden's Lund University from 1909 to 1942 and was one of the outstanding scholars of the English language in the first half of the 20th century.He wrote works on the history of English, but he is best known as the author of numerous important books on English placenames (in the broadest sense) and personal names.