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Arthur Galletti
Arthur Mario Agricola Collier Galletti di Cadilhac or Arthur Galletti (25 March 1877 – 23 February 1967) was a British Indian civil servant of Italian origin who worked in the Madras Presidency. He translated several works from Telugu to English and also compiled a dictionary of Telugu. Career Galletti was the son of Count Arturo Antonio and Margaret Isabella Collier. He was educated at Trinity College, Oxford. While there, he was nicknamed "Gordouli" (after "Gordoulis", a popular brand of Egyptian cigarette) by undergraduates at Balliol, Trinity's neighbouring college, and as such was commemorated in the chant or song (known as a "Gordouli") which began to be sung in a spirit of intercollegiate rivalry over the dividing wall: Galletti joined the Indian Civil Service in 1900 working in the Godavari District as a collector and later as a magistrate and became an undersecretary to the Revenue Department in 1905. He served as a French translator to the government from 1909. In 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Mario Agricola Collier Galletti
Arthur is a common male given name of Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. Another theory, more widely believed, is that the name is derived from the Roman clan '' Artorius'' who lived in Roman Britain for centuries. A common spelling variant used in many Slavic, Romance, and Germanic languages is Artur. In Spanish and Italian it is Arturo. Etymology The earliest datable attestation of the name Arthur is in the early 9th century Welsh-Latin text ''Historia Brittonum'', where it refers to a circa 5th to 6th-century Briton 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 mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
