John Everett-Heath is a British author, former civil servant, and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. John Everett-Heath. Oxford University Press 2005 Everett-Heath was a military diplomat in Belgrade and, during his 13 years in the civil service, was concerned with Russia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus. He has lived in Cameroun, Cyprus, Italy, Kenya, Malaysia, Oman, United States, and Yemen.Place Names of the World: Europe: Historical Context, Meanings and Changes, Palgrave Macmillan, 2000
His publications include the Oxford University Press's Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names, and "Place names of the world: historical context, meanings and changes" in which he shares his view that:Christopher John Arthur, Irish haiku, The Davies Group, 2005 His opinion is that: place names are a window onto the history and characteristics of a country. References