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Giles Allen
Giles may refer to: People * Giles (given name), male given name (Latin: ''Aegidius'') * Giles (surname), family name * Saint Giles (650–710), 7th–8th-century Christian hermit saint * Giles of Assisi, Aegidius of Assisi, 13th-century companion of St. Francis of Assisi * Giles of Rome (1243–1316), 13th-century archbishop * Carl Giles (1916–1995), British cartoonist for the ''Daily Express'' known simply as "Giles" ** Giles family, a fictional family featured in cartoons by Giles * Herbert Giles (1845–1935), British diplomat and sinologist, co-author of the Wade–Giles Chinese transliteration system Places ;United States * Giles, Utah, a US ghost town * Giles, West Virginia * Giles County, Tennessee, US * Giles County, Virginia, US ;Australia * Electoral district of Giles, a state electoral district in South Australia * Giles Weather Station near the Western Australian - South Australian border * Giles Land District, a land district (cadastral division) of Western ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giles (given Name)
Giles or Gyles is a masculine given name. Giles () is the Medieval English form of the name of the French hermit '' Saint Giles'',"qui avoit nom Giles de nos avons ceste vile conquise par la dieu Landas, et fu feruz par mi l'ueil.." which itself is the Old French form of the Latin name Aegidius. The modern French forms are Gilles and the less common Égide. Notable people with this given name ;Giles * Saint Giles, 7th/8th-century Christian hermit saint * Giles of Assisi, Aegidius of Assisi, 13th-century companion of St. Francis of Assisi * Giles of Rome, 13th-century archbishop * Giles Blunt (born 1952), Canadian novelist and screenwriter * Giles Chichester (born 1946), British Conservative Party politician * Giles Coren (born 1969), British journalist * Giles Corey (1621–1692), victim of the Salem witch trials * Giles Fraser (born 1964), English Anglican priest and broadcaster * Giles Gilbert Scott (1880–1960), British architect * Giles Henderson (born 1942), CBE, Master ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |