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Arthur

Arthur is a common masculine given name. Its etymology is disputed, but its popularity derives from its being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur.

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The Inheritors (Joseph Conrad And Ford Madox Ford) - Plot Summary
... The story is told through the eyes of Arthur, a writer turned journalist who feels he is compromising his art ... Although Arthur at first holds to high ideals (he values "literature" over journalism, sacrificial literary types over opportunists), he gradually moves away from them ... While her reasons for bringing Arthur into play are not clear at first, they are complex ...
Port Arthur, Tasmania - Location
... Port Arthur is located approximately 60 kilometres (37 mi) south east of the state capital, Hobart, on the Tasman Peninsula ... via the Tasman Highway to Sorell and the Arthur Highway to Port Arthur, takes around 90 minutes and covers approximately 96 kilometres (60 mi) ... At the 2006 census, Port Arthur and the surrounding area had a population of 499 ...
Port Arthur, Tasmania - Tourism Development
... Before Port Arthur was abandoned as a Prison in 1877, some people saw the potential tourist attraction ... Trollope in 1872 declared that no man desired to see the “strange ruins” of Port Arthur ... population wished to distance themselves from the dark image of Port Arthur ...
Christopher Cross
... best known for his US Top Ten hit songs, "Sailing", "Ride Like the Wind", and "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)", the last of which he recorded for the film Arthur starring Dudley Moore ... Sailing" earned three Grammy Awards in 1981, while "Arthur's Theme" won the Oscar for Best Original Song in 1981 (with co-composers Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager and ...
Arthur, Prince Of Wales - Ancestors
... Ancestors of Arthur, Prince of Wales 16 ... Maredudd ap Tudur 8 ...

More definitions of "Arthur":

  • (noun): A legendary king of the Britons (possibly based on a historical figure in the 6th century but the story has been retold too many times to be sure); said to have led the Knights of the Round Table at Camelot.
    Synonyms: King Arthur

Famous quotes containing the word arthur:

    “Our ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature.”
    —Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)

    “O unbelievers,
    I serve not what you serve
    and you are not serving what I serve,
    nor am I serving what you have served,
    neither are you serving what I serve.
    To you your religion, and to me my religion!”
    —Qur’An. The Unbelievers, 109:1-5, ed. Arthur J. Arberry (1955)

    “My sister and I, you will recollect, were twins, and you know how subtle are the links which bind two souls which are so closely allied.”
    —Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)