Arthur

Semi-legendary king of the Britons. He may originally have been a Romano-British war leader in W England called Arturus; but he is represented as having united the British tribes against the invading Saxons, and as having been the champion of Christendom as well. He is said to have fought against the invaders in a series of momentous battles, starting with a victory at ‘Mount Baden’ (?516) and ending with defeat and death at ‘Camlan’ (537), after which he was buried at Glastonbury. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle makes no mention of him, however; he first appears in Welsh chronicles long after the event. The story of Arthur blossomed into a huge literature, interwoven with legends of the Holy Grail and courtly ideas of the Round Table of knights at Camelot, in such writers as Geoffrey of Monmouth, Chrétien de Troyes, and Layamon. Sir Thomas Malory's English version, Morte d'Arthur, was the final mediaeval compilation from which most later retellings are derived.

People

King Arthur, the legendary British ruler and first recorded person to be named Arthur Arthur I, Duke of Brittany (1187–1203) Arthur, Prince of Wales (1486–1502) Arthur Robert Ashe, Jr. Clarke (born 1917), British author Arthur Cravan (1887–1918?), British boxer, poet and pre-Dadaist Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930), British writer, and creator of the character Sherlock Holmes Arthur Stanley Eddington (1882–1944), British astrophysicist Arthur Fiedler (1894–1979), long-time conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra Arthur Golden (born 1956), American author Arthur Griffith (1872–1922), founder and first leader of the Irish political movement Sinn Féin Arthur Koestler (1905–1983), Hungarian polymath Arthur Kornberg (born 1918), American biochemist and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1959 Arthur Mafokate, South African kwaito musician and producer Arthur Miller (1915–2005), American playwright, essayist and author Arthur C. Miller (1895–1970), acclaimed American cinematographer Arthur Rackham (1867–1939), British book illustrator Arthur Rubin (born 1956), American mathematician Arthur Scargill (born 1938), former leader of the National Union of Mineworkers and current leader of the Socialist Labour Party Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860), German philosopher Arthur Spencer, the legendary British cricketer Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900), English composer best known for his operatic collaborations with librettist W. Gilbert Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769–1852), Irish-born British soldier and statesman

Fictional characters

Arthur the Artificial Intelligence, a fictional character from the Journeyman Project computer games Arthur Read, from the television series Arthur Arthur the chimpanzee, from Lillian Hoban's children's books Arthur (The Tick), sidekick of superhero The Tick Arthur Dent, a "mild-mannered Earthman" whose planet is demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Arthur Spooner, a character on the television sitcom The King of Queens played by Jerry Stiller Arthur Weasley, from the Harry Potter universe Arthur Curry, the name of the DC Comics superhero known as Aquaman Arthur, a character in Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. Arthur of Freege, Tiltyu's eldest son, a character in Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu

Places named Arthur

Arthur, Ontario Arthur, Illinois Arthur, Iowa Arthur, Nebraska Arthur, North Dakota Arthur, Chippewa County, Wisconsin Port Arthur, Texas Asteroid 2597 Arthur

Other uses

Arthur (film), a 1981 film starring Dudley Moore, Liza Minelli, and John Gielgud Arthur (magazine), a publication devoted to avant-garde music, experimental music and noise music Arthur (newspaper), a weekly student newspaper at Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario Arthur (operating system), a computer operating system of the late 1980s Arthur (plant), a plant which appeared from time to time in Mad magazine Arthur the cat - television mascot of Arthur's Cat Food.