Richard Coates is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sussex , and President of the English Place-Name Society.

He is Editor of the Survey of English Place-Names for Hampshire, and is one of the only people to brave an interpretation of the meaning of Londinium in recent years.

External links

• Richard Coates (http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/people/profile.php?user=richardc)
• An Explanation of the Name of London (http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/users/richardc/london2.ps) This will download the text of the article