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Arthur, Thomas A celebrated Catholic physician of the seventeenth century, born at Limerick, 1593, died c. 1666. Very little is known of his career, the few facts on record being chiefly related by himself in a genealogical account in Latin elegiacs, preserved in the British Museum (Additional MSS. 31,885), and in a manuscript diary of … Continue reading “Arthur, Thomas”

Arthur Moore Born Liverpool, England, 1849; died Mooresfort, Tipperary, Ireland, 1907. Elected to Parliament, 1874, he worked constantly to better conditions in Ireland. During the Gladstone Parliament, 1880-1885, he was a follower of Parnell, but never advocating violent measures, he did not favor the full program of the Land or National Leagues. His independence cost … Continue reading “Arthur Moore”

Arthur Marshall Brother of Thomas William Marshall . Convert clergyman. Author of “The Comedy of Convocation,” satirizing the conflicting tenets of Anglicanism , and “Old Catholics in Cologne.” Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Arthur, King (Celtic: art, stone) Sixth-century British chieftain. He championed the oppressed natives against Angle and Saxon invaders. A cycle of romance grew up about his adventures and his Knights of the Round Table which inspired Malory’s Morte Arthure, Spenser’s Faerie Queene, and Tennyson’s Idylls of the King. Arthur is the type of perfect Christian … Continue reading “Arthur, King”

Arthur Jones Ethnologist, born Brockville, Canada, 1838; died 1918. He entered the Jesuit Order at Amiens, France, taught in several of the American colleges, and was named president of the English College at Montreal. Appointed archivist of Saint Mary’s in that city, he assisted Thwaites in publication of the Jesuit Relations, and was awarded grand … Continue reading “Arthur Jones”

Arthur, John W a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born near Radnor, Pa., May 4, 1818. He received a careful religious training; experienced conversion at the age of sixteen, and, after spending several years as exhorter and local preacher, he, in 1840, entered the Philadelphia Conference. In 1868 he became superannuated, and remained so till his … Continue reading “Arthur, John W”

Arthur, James Hope a Baptist missionary to Japan, was born at Hartford, Conn., May 27,.1842, his family being emigrants from Scotland. He graduated at Brown University in the class of 1870, and took the course of study at the Newton Theological Institution. In July, 1873, he was ordained at Hartford, having been previously appointed as … Continue reading “Arthur, James Hope”

Arthur, James Fuente: Catholic Encyclopedia

Arthur, Archibald a Scottish clergyman, was born at Abbots Inch, Renfrewshire, Sept. 6, 1744, and was instructed in his youth in the Grammar-school at Paisley. He afterwards finished his education at the University of Glasgow, where he became professor of moral philosophy; took a course in theology in the same’ institution; was licensed to preach … Continue reading “Arthur, Archibald”

Arter, Richard an English Wesleyan minister, was converted in early life, entered the work in 1809, but in three months sank under his labors, and died in 1810, aged twenty-four. See Minutes of British Conference, 1810. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature