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Percival

Meaning

Created by the 12th-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes for his poem 'Perceval, the Story of the

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Famous People Named Percival

Percival

Percival (, also spelled Perceval, Parzival), alternatively called Peredur (), was one of King Arthur's legendary Knights of the Round Table.

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Percival Stockdale

Percival Stockdale (1736–1811) was an English poet, writer and reformer, active especially in opposing slavery.

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Percival Bazeley

Percival Landon Bazeley was a scientist of Australian biotechnology and public health.

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Percival Gull

The Percival Gull was a British single-engined monoplane, first flown in 1932.

Percival Stephenson

The Rt Rev Percival William Stephenson was the 6th Anglican bishop of Nelson"Who was Who" 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 whose episcopate spanned a 14-year period in the mid-20th century.

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Percival in Other Languages

Arthurian RomancePeredur
EnglishPercy
GermanParsifal
Welsh MythologyPeredur

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