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Arthur Barnes (other)
Arthur Barnes may refer to: * Arthur Barnes (monsignor) (1861–1936), English Roman Catholic writer and university chaplain * Arthur Barnes (politician) (1866–1956), educator and politician in Newfoundland * Arthur K. Barnes (1909–1969), American science fiction writer * Arthur P. Barnes, professor of music at Stanford University {{hndis, Barnes, Arthur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Barnes (monsignor)
Arthur Stapylton Barnes (31 May 1861 – 13 November 1936) was an English Roman Catholic prelate, scholar and controversialist. Prior to converting to Rome in 1895, he was an Anglican priest. He was the first priest to be Catholic chaplain at both Cambridge and Oxford Universities. Early life Barnes was born, posthumously, in 1861, in Kussowlie, British India, to George Carnac Barnes (1818-1861), the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, and Margaret Diana Chetwynd Barnes (née Stapylton) (1829-1927). An older brother was Sir George Stapylton Barnes, who was Permanent Secretary of the Board of Trade, 1915-1916, (the father of Lucy, second wife of Charles FitzRoy, 10th Duke of Grafton), and an older sister was Margaret Louisa Stapylton Barnes, who married an Anglican clergyman, the Rev Neville Usher. He was educated at Eton. He then held a commission in the Royal Artillery from 1879 to 1880, and was the youngest officer in the British Army at the time. After resignin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Barnes (politician)
Arthur Barnes (November 17, 1866 – November 24, 1956) was a Canadian educator and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Harbour Grace from 1904 to 1908 and from 1919 to 1924 and Burgeo from 1928 to 1932 in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly as a Liberal. He was born in Topsail, Conception Bay, the son of John Barnes and was educated in St. John's. Barnes taught school at Coley's Point, Bay Roberts and St. John's. He was vice-principal of Bishop Feild College and was principal for a school in Bay Roberts. His fiancée Emmeline Dawe died of tuberculosis before they could be married and Barnes took on the care of Dawe's mother, a widow. He served nine years as principal for the normal school in St. John's from 1908 to 1917. He became the first Minister of Education for Newfoundland. Barnes was defeated when he ran for election in Bonavista in 1924. He was elected again in a 1928 by-election. Barnes resigned his seat in 1932 after he was promised a post ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur K
Arthur is a masculine given name of uncertain etymology. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. A common spelling variant used in many Slavic, Romance, and Germanic languages is Artur. In Spanish and Italian it is Arturo. Etymology The earliest attestation of the name Arthur is in the early 9th century Welsh-Latin text ''Historia Brittonum'', where it refers to a circa 5th century Romano-British general who fought against the invading Saxons, and who later gave rise to the famous King Arthur of medieval legend and literature. A possible earlier mention of the same man is to be found in the epic Welsh poem ''Y Gododdin'' by Aneirin, which some scholars assign to the late 6th century, though this is still a matter of debate and the poem only survives in a late 13th century manuscript entitled the Book of Aneirin. A 9th-century Breton landowner named Arthur witnessed several charters collected in the '' Cartulary of Redon''. The Irish borro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |