Robert Lee Ramsay (December 14, 1880 - December 14, 1953), professor of English at the University of Missouri - Columbia from 1907 to 1952. Starting in the mid-1920s, Ramsay started to develop a dictionary of Missouriplacenames, creating a methodology and overseeing graduate research on the topic. Due to widespread availablity of the book, Our Storehouse of Missouri Place Names, Ramsay is the best known authority of the subject in Missouri. His research is used for official citations by the United States Board of Geographical Names. Ramsay was a founding member of the American Name Society. December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ... The University of Missouri–Columbia, (abbreviated MU and nicknamed Mizzou) is an institution of higher learning located in Columbia, Missouri, USA. Columbia is the flagship campus in the University of Missouri System with approximately 27,000 students. ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The 1920s were a decade sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ... Official language(s) English Capital Jefferson City Largest city Kansas City Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 21st 69,709 mi²; 180,693 km² 240 mi; 385 km 300 mi; 480 km 1. ... In geography and cartography, a toponym is a place name, a geographical name, a proper name of locality, region, or some other part of Earths surface or its natural or artificial feature. ...
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American Name Society
Our Storehouse of Missouri Place Names, 2nd. Edition, Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, 1973 ISBN 0826205860
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