Posted by Peter Ceresole on February 23, 2010 at 13:03:45 user PeterC.
In Reply to: Close-hauled posted by Andy on February 22, 2010 at 11:03:38:
But why did Ransome request the name-change?
Wasn't 'Racundra' a composite of several names, of which of course 'Ra' was his own? I forget what the other names were.
But that would make the name directly related to specific people. He might have felt that somebody else using it would be improper.