Peter Gelling died in 1983, while Margaret took on the presidency of the English Place-Name Society from 1986 to 1998, and then the Vice-Presidency of the International Council for Onomastic Sciences from 1993 to 1999. Becoming a fellow of St Hilda's College in 1993, she was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1995, and in 1998, she was elected a Fellow of the British Academy, a rare feat for an individual who had never held an academic position. She continued lecturing widely until developing the illness from which she died. Publications Books Articles Notes External links 1924 births 2009 deaths Alumni of University College London English communists English non-fiction writers English socialists Fellows of the British Academy Fellows of St Hilda's College, Oxford Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London Officers of the Order of the British Empire Toponymists Anglo-Saxon studies scholars