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Adrian Richard West Room (27 September 1933, Melksham – 6 November 2010, Stamford, Lincolnshire)cite-ref-gale-1-0[1]cite-ref-ardeathnotice-2-0[2] was a British toponymist and onomastician, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Societycite-ref-3[3] and a prolific author of reference works relating primarily to the origins of words and place-names.cite-ref-4[4]

Between 1952 and 1979, Room served in the Royal Naval Reserve, Special Branch, retiring as a lieutenant commander.cite-ref-gale-1-1[1] Before becoming a full-time author, he was employed at King's College School, Cambridge, where he taught modern languages and was a senior house master. He later, until 1984, worked as a senior lecturer in Russian for the Ministry of Defence.cite-ref-adrroobookall-5-0[5]

• Selected publications

• References

• Place-Names of the World. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1974.

• Place-name changes since 1900: A world gazetteer. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1980. ISBN 0710007027

• Naming Names: Stories of Pseudonyms and Name Changes with a Who's Who. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1981. ISBN 0710009208

• Dictionary of Trade Name Origins. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982. ISBN 0710008392

• Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable. 2000. (Editor) ISBN 9780304350964

• Cassell's Foreign Words and Phrases. London: Cassell & Co., 2000. ISBN 0304350087

• A. to Z. of British Life

• Dictionary of Confusable Words

• Bloomsbury Dictionary of Place Names in the British Isles

• A Dictionary of True Etymologies

• Who's Who in Classical Mythology

• Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Originscite-ref-room2012-6-0[6] (This edition published after his death)

• Cassell's Dictionary of Word Histories

• Dictionary of Irish Place Names

• Cassell's Dictionary of First Names

• The Guinness Book of Numbers

• Room's Dictionary of distinguishables

• Ntc's Dictionary of Changes in Meaning

• The Fascinating Origins of Everyday Words

• Brewer's dictionary of names

• Tuttle dictionary of dedications

• Room's Dictionary of Differences

• Concise dictionary of word origins

• Ntc's Dictionary of Word Origins

• Dictionary of Confusing Words and Meanings

• Dunces, Gourmands & Petticoats

• Cassell Dictionary of Proper Names

• A Concise Dictionary of Modern Place Names in Great Britain and Ireland

• Dictionary of Changes in Meaning

• Nicknames of Places: Origins And Meanings of the Alternate And Secondary

• Dictionary of Coin Names. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1987. ISBN 0710206461

• African Placenames

• Dictionary of Translated Names and Titles

• Dictionary of Cryptic Crossword Clues

• Dictionary of Dedications

• Room's Classical Dictionary

• The Street Names of England

• The Hutchinson Pocket Dictionary of Confusible Words

• Dictionary of Astronomical Names

• A dictionary of contrasting pairs

• The Naming of Animals

• A Dictionary of Art Titles

• Guide to British Place Names

• Dictionary of World Place-names Derived from English Names

• The Pronunciation of Placenames: A Worldwide Dictionary

• Dictionary of place-names in the British Isles

• A Dictionary of Music Titles

• Alternate Names of Places: A Worldwide Dictionary

• Ntc's Dictionary of Trade Name Origins

• Placenames of France

• Bloomsbury Dictionary of Dedications

• Literally Entitled

• Encyclopedia of corporate names worldwide

• Ntc's Classical Dictionary

• Cassell's Dictionary of Modern American History

• Hutchinson Pocket Dictionary of First Names

• The Hutchinson Pocket Dictionary of Place Names

• Placenames of Russia and the Former Soviet Union

• Room's Dictionary of Distinguishables and Confusibles

• An Alphabetical Guide to the Language of Name Studies

• Dictionary Of British Place Names

cite-note-gale-11. ↑ Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2002; accessed 20 May 2013.

cite-note-ardeathnotice-22. ↑ "Room Adrian (Notice of death)". Rutland & Stamford Mercury. Stamford Mercury Group. 12 November 2010.

cite-note-33. ↑ Cover notes, Place-Name Changes Since 1900: A world gazetteer. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1980. ISBN 0710007027

cite-note-44. ↑ Contributor biographical information for Brewer's dictionary of modern phrase & fable/compiled by Adrian Room, Library of Congress, 21 May 2013; retrieved 21 May 2013. Archived here.

cite-note-adrroobookall-55. ↑ "Adrian Room". Book Alliance, New Delhi. Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.

cite-note-room2012-66. ↑ citerefadrian-room2012Adrian Room (20 September 2012). Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins, 5th ed. McFarland. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-7864-5763-2.