Arthur E. Grimshaw
Arthur Edmund Grimshaw (1864 – July 1913)General Register Office Online index
Entry for GRIMSHAW, ARTHUR EDMUND - Mothers name HUBBARDE - GRO Reference: 1864 D Quarter in LEEDS Volume 09B Page 451 was an artist, composer, organist and conductor. He was born in , was the master of the choir at , and was a conductor of the Leeds Symphony Orchestra.Wright, Christopher et al

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Arthur E Grimshaw The Strand 1899
Arthur is a common male given name of Brittonic languages, 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 ''Artoria gens, 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 Celtic Britons, 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 t ...
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