Background
Kenneth Cameron was born on May 21, 1922, in Burnley, Lancashire, United Kingdom. He is the son of Angus Cameron and Alice Cameron.
At Burnley Grammar School Kenneth received his primary education. The school was closed in 1981.
Kenneth attended the University of Leeds.
Kenneth Cameron was born on May 21, 1922, in Burnley, Lancashire, United Kingdom. He is the son of Angus Cameron and Alice Cameron.
Kenneth Cameron was educated at the pre-war Burnley Grammar School and later attended the University of Leeds.
Cameron was the Nottingham University professor of English from 1950 to 1987, researching place-names. He is an individual with a keen interest in the origins of place-names and served as director of the English Place-Names Survey from 1963 to 1987.
As a prolific writer, Cameron managed to publish a small number of works with multiple volumes, such as the three-volume Place-Names of Derbyshire and the three-part Scandinavian Settlement in the Territory' of the Five Boroughs. Later works include his Significance of English Place-Names.
Kenneth has married Kathleen Heap in 1947.