What is "arthur"

masc. proper name, from Medieval Latin Arthurus/Arturus, from Welsh arth "bear," cognate with Greek arktos, Latin ursus (see Arctic).

Arthur is a Canadian/American animated educational television series for children, created by Cookie Jar Group (formerly known as Cinar) and WGBH for PBS. The show is set in the fictional American city of Elwood City, and revolves around the lives of 8-year-old Arthur Read, an anthropomorphic aardvark, his friends and family, and their daily interactions with each other.

The television series is based on the Arthur book series, which are written and illustrated by Marc Brown. WGBH Boston along with Cinar (now Cookie Jar Group) began production of the animated series in 1994, and aired its first episode on October 7, 1996. Since its debut, the show has broadcast 225 30-minute long episodes. With 225 episodes, Arthur is the second-longest active running show on PBS Kids, behind only Sesame Street. It is the longest running children's animated television series.

A pilot for the spin-off series Postcards from Buster aired in December 2003 as a season 8 episode of Arthur. Postcards from Buster aired from October 11, 2004, to November 21, 2008, when the series faced several years of hiatus, until a brief revival in February 2012, only to be cancelled after airing three unseen episodes that had been held over from the show's third season.

Arthur often deals with important issues families face such as asthma, dyslexia, cancer, diabetes, and Asperger syndrome. It also encourages reading and relationships with family and friends by explaining that people have different personalities and interests.

Arthur became one of the highest-rated shows on PBS Kids for several years since its debut, averaging almost 10 million viewers weekly in the U.S. It is aired in a total of 83 countries; PBS in the United States, Radio-Canada, Knowledge, TVO, and CBC in Canada, several ABC channels in Australia, and BBC One/ CBBC in the UK. It is the longest-running children's animated series in the U.S., and the second longest-running animated series in the U.S., behind The Simpsons. In late 2015, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a 20th and 21st season, along with two new hour-long specials. Although Arthur is directed primarily toward a child and preteen audience, over the years it has gained a substantial cult following among older viewers.

Arthur is a former provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created in 1903 and was eliminated by redistribution in 1989, when its territory was combined with that from the neighbouring Virden riding to create the new riding of Arthur-Virden.

The riding was located in the province's southwestern tip, and was primarily agrarian. From 1953 until its abolition, it was a safe seat for the Progressive Conservative Party.

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.

Art and Artie are diminutive forms of the name. A common spelling variant used in many Slavic, Romance, and Germanic languages is Artur.

'Arthur ' is a 1981 American comedy film written and directed by Steve Gordon. The film stars Dudley Moore as the eponymous Arthur Bach, a drunken New York City millionaire who is on the brink of an arranged marriage to a wealthy heiress, but ends up falling for a common working-class girl from Queens. It was the first and only film directed by Gordon, who died in 1982 of a heart attack at age 44.

Arthur earned nearly $96 million domestically, making it the fourth highest grossing film of 1981. Its title song, " Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)", won the Best Original Song. Co-written by Christopher Cross, Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager and Peter Allen, it was performed by Christopher Cross. Sir John Gielgud also won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. The film was nominated for two other Academy Awards.

Arthur magazine was a bi-monthly periodical that was founded in October 2002, by publisher Laris Kreslins and editor Jay Babcock. It received favorable attention from other periodicals such as L.A. Weekly, Print, Punk Planet and Rolling Stone. Arthur featured photography and artwork from Spike Jonze, Art Spiegelman, Susannah Breslin, Gary Panter and Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Arthur's regular columnists included Byron Coley, Thurston Moore, Daniel Pinchbeck, Paul Cullum, Douglas Rushkoff, and T-Model Ford.

Arthur magazine was particularly drawn to noise music, stoner metal, folk and other types of psychedelia. The first issue of Arthur featured an interview with journalist and author Daniel Pinchbeck (author of Breaking Open the Head); artwork by Alan Moore ( Watchmen, From Hell, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen); and an interview with Arthur C. Clarke.

Previous to creating the publication, Laris Kreslins created the popular music journals Sound Collector and Audio Review. Jay Babcock was a contributor to Mojo magazine and the L.A. Weekly.

Some of the magazine's influences included Joan Didion, Thomas Paine, William Blake, Lester Bangs, Hunter S. Thompson, Tom Wolfe, and Greil Marcus.

Arthur magazine also released CDs and DVDs under the imprint of their label (formerly called [Bastet]). On Labor Day weekend in 2005, they curated Arthurfest in Barnsdall Park; in February 2006, Arthur Ball in Echo Park; and in October 2006 Arthur Nights at The Palace Theater, in downtown Los Angeles.

On February 25, 2007, it was announced on the magazine's web site that it would be ceasing publication indefinitely. The hiatus was due to a breakdown in negotiations between Lime Publishing (Arthurs original publisher) and another unnamed publisher. In April 2007, it was announced that the magazine would return as Arthur Vol. II in the near future. The magazine resumed publication in September 2007.

In June 2008, owner Jay Babcock moved Arthur's headquarters from Los Angeles to New York, the seat of North America's publishing industry.

On March 6, 2011, Jay Babcock announced that the magazine would cease to exist in any form as of March 15, 2011, though its archive and store would remain active for an unspecified period thereafter.

In November 2012, the Arthur website announced the return of the magazine as of December 22, 2012. This resurgence proved to brief; in March 2014 the magazine once again announced that its online and print versions would go dormant.

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) is the seventh studio album by English rock band the Kinks, released in October 1969. Kinks frontman Ray Davies constructed the concept album as the soundtrack to a Granada Television play and developed the storyline with novelist Julian Mitchell; however, the television programme was cancelled and never produced. The rough plot revolved around Arthur Morgan, a carpet-layer, who was based on Ray Davies' brother-in-law Arthur Anning. A mono version was released in the UK, but not in the US. It is now available on the 2011 deluxe-edition re-issue.

Arthur was met with nearly unanimous acclaim upon release. It received generous coverage in the US rock press, with articles running in underground magazines such as Fusion and The Village Voice. It garnered back-to-back reviews by Mike Daly and Greil Marcus in Rolling Stone magazine's lead section; Daly rated it "the Kinks' finest hour", and Marcus ranked it "the best British album of 1969". Reviews in the UK were also positive. Although Arthur received a mixed review in New Musical Express, Disc & Music Echo praised the album's musical integrity, and Melody Maker called it "Ray Davies' finest hour ... beautifully British to the core".

The album, although not very successful commercially, was a return to the charts in the US for the band. Their previous effort, The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society, received acclaim from critics but failed to chart in any country upon its 1968 release, with total US sales estimated at under 25,000 copies. The Kinks returned to the Billboard charts in 1969 after a two-year absence, with the lead single from the record, " Victoria", peaking at number 62. The album itself reached number 50 on the Record World charts, and number 105 on Billboard, their highest position since 1965. It failed to chart in Britain. Arthur paved the way for the further success of their 1970 comeback album Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One and its accompanying US Top 10 and UK Top 5 hit " Lola".

Arthur is a student newspaper of Trent University, based in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. It has a circulation of 3000. Arthur is funded through a non-refundable levy from every full-time student at the university. Articles for Arthur are produced by a staff collective of paid staff and volunteer writers who meet weekly to plan the next issue in Sadleir House, the historic building which houses its office. The collective elects one or more chief editors who serve a term of one academic year in an administrative and editorial role. On March 27, 2014, Matt Rappolt and Patrick Reddick were elected as co-editor-in-chiefs of Volume 49 (2014-2015).

Arthur is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alex Arthur (born 1978), Scottish boxer
• André Arthur (born 1943), Canadian politician
• Basil Arthur (1928–1985), New Zealand politician
• Beatrice Arthur (1922–2009), American actress
• Brad Arthur, Australian rugby league football coach
• Carol Arthur (born 1935), American actress
• Charles Arthur (1808–1884), Australian cricketer
• Charlie Arthur (1863–1924), Welsh rugby player
• Chester A. Arthur (1829–1886), American politician and President of the United States
• Christine Arthur (born 1963), New Zealand hockey player
• Darrell Arthur (born 1988), American basketball player
• Desmond Arthur (1884–1913), airman and ghost which haunts RAF Montrose.
• Eric Arthur (1898–1982), Canadian architect
• Fred Arthur (born 1961), Canadian ice hockey player
• Frederick Arthur (1816–1878), British soldier
• George Arthur (1784–1854), British politician
• Graham Arthur (born 1936), Australian football player
• Harold J. Arthur (1904–1971), American politician
• Indus Arthur (1941–1984), American actress
• James Arthur (singer) (born 1988), British singer and musician who won the ninth series of The X Factor UK in 2012.
• Jean Arthur (1900–1991), American actress
• John Arthur (1881–1952), Scottish doctor
• Johnny Arthur (1883–1951), American actor
• Joseph Arthur (born 1971), American singer-songwriter
• Julia Arthur (1869–1950), Canadian actress
• Kenny Arthur (born 1978), Scottish football player
• Maureen Arthur (born 1934), American actress
• Michael Arthur (academic) (born 1954), British academic
• Oswald Raynor Arthur (1905–1973), British colonial administrator
• Owen Arthur (born 1949), Barbados politician
• Rebeca Arthur (born 1960), American actress
• Richard Arthur (1865–1932), Australian politician
• Robert Arthur (film producer) (1909–1986), American film writer and producer
• Robert Arthur (radio announcer) (1921–1997), American radio announcer
• Robert Arthur (writer) (1909–1969), American mystery writer
• Stan Arthur (born 1936), American admiral
• Thomas Arthur (disambiguation)
• Timothy Shay Arthur (1809–1885), American author
• Tom Arthur (1906–1986), Welsh rugby player
• W. Brian Arthur (born 1945), British economist
• Wilfred Arthur (1919–2000), Australian fighter ace

ARTHUR is an acronym for " Artillery Hunting Radar", is a Counter-battery radar system originally developed jointly for and in close co-operation with the Norwegian and Swedish armed forces by Ericsson Microwave Systems in both Sweden and Norway.

It is a mobile, passive electronically scanned array C-Band radar for the purpose of enemy field artillery acquisition and was developed for the primary role as the core element of a brigade or division level counter battery sensor system. The vehicle carrying the radar was originally a Bandvagn 206 developed and produced by Hägglunds, but is now more often delivered on trucks with ISO fasteners. The radar is now developed by SAAB Electronic Defence Systems (after EMW was sold to SAAB in June 2006) and Saab Technologies Norway AS.

Arthur is a common masculine given name. Arthur may refer to:

The 1st season of the television series Arthur was originally broadcast on PBS in the United States from September 2, 1996 to June 2, 1997 and contains 30 episodes. This season, like seasons 2, 3, and 4, was released on DVD in Europe only.

The 2nd season of the television series Arthur was originally broadcast on PBS in the United States from September 22, 1997 to May 25, 1998 and contains 20 episodes. This season, like seasons 1, 3, and 4, was released on DVD in Europe only.

The 3rd season of the television series Arthur was originally broadcast on PBS in the United States from September 21, 1998 to May 31, 1999 and contains 15 episodes. This season, like seasons 1, 2, and 4, was released on DVD in Europe only. This season had a fair amount of episodes involving D.W and the Tibble Twins, especially in the early half.

This was Michael Caloz's last season voicing D.W. Read, due to his voice changing after the end of the season.

The 4th season of the television series Arthur was originally broadcast on PBS in the United States from September 6, 1999 to November 8, 1999 and contains 10 episodes. Like seasons 1, 2, and 3, this season was released on DVD in Europe only. This is the last season with Luke Reid voicing Brain. Oliver Grainger has replaced Michael Caloz as D.W. due to Caloz's voice changing after the previous season.

Arthur (born Jacques Essebag on 10 March 1966 in Casablanca, Morocco) is a TV presenter, producer and comedian.

After having cancelled his law studies, he began his career as a host on local radio in the Paris region in the late 1980s. In the early 1990s, he found a certain notoriety by presenting programs on Fun Radio, Europe 1 and Europe 2 (Arthur et les pirates, PlanetArthur and Radio Arthur). He became, from 1991, host of television programs, first on France 2 and TF1 (Les Enfants de la télé, La Fureur).

Meanwhile, he started a theater career with two one-man shows, Arthur en vrai (2005) and I Show (2009) and portraying Peter Brochan in Le Dîner de Cons (2007), alongside Dany Boon.

Since the mid-1990s, he has also been an entrepreneur in the audiovisual field. He was, until 2006, vice president of the French subsidiary of production company Endemol. Since 2008, he has been the owner of Ouï FM.

The 5th season of the television series Arthur was originally broadcast on PBS in the United States from September 4, 2000 to November 6, 2000 and contains 10 episodes. The special "Arthur's Perfect Christmas" served as the finale to this season. Steven Crowder replaced Luke Reid as Brain. This was the last season where Michael Yarmush voices Arthur. Starting in season 6, he returns to voice as Slink, one of the Tough Customers. Alex Trebek guest starred as Alex Lebek on the season premiere "Arthur and the Big Riddle".

Peter Moss replaced Carol Greenwood and Micheline Charest as executive producer and Lesley Taylor stepped in for Cassandra Schafhausen when she replaced Ronald A. Weinberg as producer. This was the aftereffect of the Cinar Tax Scandal. Head writers Joe Fallon and Ken Scarborough also left to work on Between the Lions, although Joe Fallon was still credited as executive story editor in this season along with Joseph Purdy. When this season was nominated for a Daytime Emmy, only Joseph Purdy, Peter K. Hirsch, Kathy Waugh, Dietrich Smith, and Bruce Akiyama were nominated as writers of Arthur.

This season won a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Children's Animated Program. It was also nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing - Special Class. In 2001 it won a Peabody Award.

The 6th season of the television series Arthur was originally broadcast on PBS in the United States on September 24, 2001 to November 26, 2001 and contains 10 episodes. A shortened version of the remix of the opening theme song, " Believe in Yourself", is played at the ending credits of this season as a promotion for the third music album of the franchise. Olympic figure skater Michelle Kwan guest starred on "The Good Sport" as herself. Justin Bradley replaced Michael Yarmush as Arthur. When Mark Rendall was hired to voice for Arthur in season 7, he also re-dubbed for the U.S. reruns of season 6. Executive producer Carol Greenwald and Peter Moss said the reason was because Bradley's voice was too deep and lacked the voice acting range of Michael Yarmush. This is the last season where Steven Crowder voices Brain. The original version of these episodes were distributed in VHS and DVD home media, and they are still aired on TV in countries outside of North America. This is also the last season where Oliver Grainger voices D.W.

The 7th season of the television series Arthur was originally broadcast on PBS in the United States from October 8, 2002 to October 21, 2002 and contains 10 episodes. The special " Arthur, It's Only Rock 'N' Roll" served as the premiere of this season. Jason Szwimmer replaced Oliver Grainger as the voice of D.W. Alex Hood is cast as the new voice of Alan " The Brain" Powers. Mark Rendall replaced Justin Bradley as Arthur (who would later dub on re-runs of season 6, due to Justin Bradley's dialogue being unfavorable). This is the last season in which Patricia Rodriguez voices Catherine Frensky, and this is the final season in which Mitchell Rothpan voices George Nordgren. The series won a Daytime Emmy in 2003 for Outstanding Sound Mixing - Live Action and Animation.

The 8th season of the television series Arthur was originally broadcast on PBS in the United States from September 15, 2003 to December 26, 2003 and contains 10 episodes. This season is the last with Mark Rendall voicing Arthur, and with CINAR producing the series, as CINAR was rebranded as Cookie Jar Entertainment the following year. Evan Smirnow replaced Mitchell Rothpan as George. This season is the first with a new voice actor for Francine Frensky's older sister, Catherine. From this point until the end of season 15, she is voiced by Alexina Cowan. This is also the last season where Alex Hood voices Brain.

The 9th season of the television series Arthur was originally broadcast on PBS in the United States from December 20, 2004 to April 8, 2005 and contains 10 episodes. Cameron Ansell replaced Mark Rendall as the voice of Arthur, Jessica Kardos replaced Patricia Rodrigues as the voice of Sue Ellen Armstrong, and Paul-Stuart Brown replaced Alex Hood as Brain. This is also the first season where Cookie Jar Entertainment produced this series after the CINAR-Cookie Jar rebrand. It produced the series until the end of Season 15, when it merged with DHX Media.

The 11th season of the television series Arthur was originally broadcast on PBS in the United States from June 25, 2007 to September 7, 2007 and contains 10 episodes. This is the last season in which Cameron Ansell voices Arthur. Robert Naylor replaced Jason Szwimmer as the voice of D.W. This is also the last season in which Paul-Stuart Brown voices Brain. This is the last season animated by AKOM.

The 10th season of the television series Arthur was originally broadcast on PBS in the United States from May 15, 2006 to May 26, 2006 and contains 10 episodes. The DVD set for the season was released in region 1 on March 25, 2008. This included downloadable teaching materials and described video for the visually impaired. Guest stars were Edgar Rentería, Mike Timlin, Johnny Damon, and Ming Tsai. This is the last season in which Jason Szwimmer voices D.W.

2006 was marked as a 10-year milestone for the TV series Arthur and a 30-year milestone of the book series by Marc Brown. In celebration, a contest was run on the Arthur website called "Crazy 10's Scavenger Hunt", where viewers would search for hidden "10"s on the season's episodes for a chance to win a prize.

The 12th season of the television series Arthur was originally broadcast on PBS in the United States from October 6, 2008 to April 24, 2009 and contains 20 episodes. The 10 episodes listed below were broadcast as season 12, and the other 10 were broadcast as season 13. This resulted all of season 13 episodes airing in several countries such as Canada and United Kingdom for many months prior the U.S. broadcast. This season was created and originally aired in 1080i HD format everywhere outside the U.S. The animation was produced by Animation Services HK Ltd. instead of by AKOM.

Joan Rivers guest starred as Francine's grandmother and Camel on the season's premiere episode "Is That Kosher?". Lance Armstrong guest starred in the episode "Room to Ride" as himself. Dallas Jokic replaced Cameron Ansell as the voice of Arthur, and Lyle O'Donohoe replaced Paul-Stuart Brown as the voice of Brain.

The 13th season of the television series Arthur was originally broadcast on PBS in the United States from October 12, 2009 to April 9, 2010. All episodes from this season aired on several countries outside the U.S., such as CBBC in United Kingdom and TVOKids in Canada, prior to their U.S. airdates.

Arthur is a 2011 romantic comedy film written by Peter Baynham and directed by Jason Winer. It is a remake of the 1981 film of the same name written and directed by Steve Gordon. It stars Russell Brand in the title role, with Helen Mirren, Jennifer Garner, Greta Gerwig, and Nick Nolte in supporting roles.

The 14th season of the television series Arthur was originally broadcast on PBS in the United States from October 11, 2010 to April 28, 2011. Season 14 began screening at Israel in late August 2010 and on ABC2 of Australia on September 27, 2010. It has also screened in United Kingdom on CBBC since November 1, 2010. The second half started on Earth Day 2011 and ended the day before the Royal Wedding the next day.

The Arthur series refers to a series of fantasy novels for children written by Luc Besson, a film director and producer, and published from 2002 to 2005 in France, the United States and the United Kingdom. This term also refers to the feature films based on them, which Besson wrote, produced and directed. The films were made and released from 2006 to 2010, in France, the UK and the US. The series has also been produced in video game format.

The 15th season of the television series Arthur was originally brodcast on PBS in the United States from October 10, 2011 to June 25, 2012, with episodes from the season 14 production, which have previously aired in other countries. This is the last season in which Dallas Jokic, Robert Naylor, Lyle O'Donohoe, Dakota Goyo, and Alexina Cowan voice Arthur, D.W., the Brain, Timmy and Catherine, respectively. This is also the final season to be produced by Cookie Jar Entertainment and the final season to use the animated title cards used since season 1. In the next season, 9 Story Media Group produces this series and replaces the animated title cards with a short scene from the episode.

The 16th season of the television series Arthur began airing on PBS in the United States on October 15, 2012. The season is the first time to be distributed by 9 Story Media Group, after Cookie Jar Entertainment went out of business, being relocated to DHX Media, before Epitome Pictures, a Canadian company founded by Linda Schuyler, was also acquired by DHX Media on April 3, 2014.

The 17th season of the television series, Arthur aired in Australia between April 23 and May 2, 2013. It premiered on PBS on November 11, 2013. This season is the second produced by 9 Story Media Group. This is the last season in which Drew Adkins, Jake Beale, and Siam Yu voice Arthur, D.W., and the Brain, In the next season, Beale is replaced by Andrew Dayton as D.W., Adkins is replaced by William Healy as Arthur, and Yu is replaced by Max Friedman Cole as Brain.

Sir is a fictional character and the primary protagonist from Capcom's Ghosts 'n Goblins video game series. He first appeared in the 1985 video game Ghosts 'n Goblins, and has been well received since then. The character is also featured in several other Capcom video games outside the Ghosts 'n Goblins series.

The 18th season of the television series Arthur premiered on September 29, 2014 on PBS and comprised 10 episodes. William Healy replaces Drew Adkins as Arthur, Andrew Dayton replaces Jake Beale as D.W., and Max Friedman Cole replaces Siam Yu as Brain.

The nineteenth season of the television series Arthur contains ten episodes. These episodes were broadcast in early 2015 on CBBC in the UK, and began airing on PBS in the US on June 2, 2015. This season was produced along with season 18 in 2013, and is the last season to be animated by 9 Story Media Group.

Arthur is an Ecuadorian street dog who attached himself to a Swedish extreme sports team when they were competing in the Adventure Racing World Championship in 2014, and now lives in Sweden and has inspired a foundation to help other Ecuadorian street dogs.

In November 2014 Mikael Lindnord was in Ecuador as leader of the four-person Team Peak Performance, competing in the Adventure Racing World Championship in the Amazon rainforest, when he offered a canned meatball to a street dog. The dog then followed the team for the rest of the race. He sometimes had to be hauled out of deep mud, and during an ocean kayaking leg he jumped into the water and swam alongside until Lindnord hauled him aboard, after which he delayed the team by jumping back in after fish. Lindnord named him Arthur after King Arthur of Britain.

After the team raised money through a Twitter campaign, received assistance from the Ecuadorian Minister for Social Affairs , and obtained permission from the Swedish Board of Agriculture, Lindnord was able to bring Arthur back to Sweden. Arthur required veterinary care for wounds that he had apparently had for several months and had to remain in quarantine for 120 days; in March 2015, after dental surgery, a "small operation" and a press conference, he went to live with Lindnord and his family in Örnsköldsvik. According to Lindnord, Arthur was seven years old when brought to Sweden.

In May 2015 Arthur accompanied the team in the Wings For Life World Run in Kalmar.

The team started a charity named Arthur's Foundation to help street dogs in Ecuador. There are plans for a "Community Dog" project to provide food and veterinary care, and Lindnord has co-written a book about Arthur, which was published in 2016.

In late November 2014 Vicente Quiñónez of Quinindé told an Ecuadorian newspaper that Arthur was his dog, Barbuncho, and by late December others had also claimed to be the dog's owner, but after a petition was started by Ecuadorians asking for his former owners to be punished for causing his wounds, all the claims were dropped.