Robert Eugen Zachrisson

Robert Eugen Zachrisson, was born 15 January 1880 in Karlskrona, Sweden, and died 28 July 1937. He was a Swedish philologist.
Zachrisson became a student in 1900, Bachelor of Arts in 1902, Licentiate of Philosophy in 1908, PhD and Associate Professor in the English language in 1909, all at the University of Lund. He was 1910-21 Lecturer in German and English at the Högre lärarinneseminariet in Stockholm, and was named 1921 to the professorship of English in Uppsala in 1911 and in Gothenburg in 1913 as the professor of English at the University of Uppsala. Zachrisson's efforts in philology consists partly of language historically oriented theses, in toponymy and pronunciation history, and of modern grammar and stylistics.
Within the English place names research treated Zachrisson Nordic influences in English place-names; Roman, Celtic and Saxon influence on the English language, and the etymological derivation of place-names. His further work improved our understanding of the pronunciation rules and history of pronunciation in Modern English 1400-1700, and especially during Shakespeare's time. A time for attention effort did Zachrisson 1930 in World language issue with the launch of a spell Simplified English, Anglic. He also founded in 1928 the journal Studia Neophilologica.

• A Contribution to the Study of Anglo-Norman Influence on English Place-Names (1909)
• Some Instances of Latin Influence on English Place-Nomenclature (1911)
• Two Instances of French Influence on English Place-Names (1914)
• Pronunciation of English Vowels 1400-1700 (1913),
• Shakespeares uttal (1914)
• Northern English or London English as the Standard Pronunciation ("A Contribution to the History of Standard English"; 1914)
• Engelska stilarter med textprov (1919)
• Tysk, engelsk och internationell tanke (20)
• Change of ts to ch, ds to dg and Other Instances of Sound-Substitution (1921)
• Engelsk nybörjarbok (tillsammans med Grenville Grove 21)
• Sunt förnuft om skolförslaget (23)
• Lärobok i engelska (24)
• English River-Names (26)
• English Pronunciation of Shakespeares Time (27)
• Romans, Kelts and Saxons (27)
• Thomas Hardy (28)
• Modern engelsk väridsåskådning i litteraturens spegel (28)

• "Zachrisson, Robert Eugen". Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed.). 1922 – via Project Runeberg. 
• "Zachrisson, Robert Eugen". Vem är det 1933 – via Project Runeberg.