ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
With greatest possible appreciation, we thank all our colleagues who encouraged us, who participated, and who waited patiently for us to complete the work.
We also thank Robert Kirk and Ellen Foos of Princeton University Press, who shared our view of the value of this work and made it a reality.
Eng-Li Green provided the technical expertise, skilled leadership, and extraordinary patience (with old guys) that was needed to develop this website.
In the spirit of realized humility, we dedicate this work to Burt L. Monroe Jr. We just finished the first phase of what he started.
Frank Gill and Minturn Wright
Co-chairs, IOC Standing Committee on English Names
Pennsylvania USA, March 2007