Charles Dibdin [SEP] occupation
Charles Dibdin
Charles Dibdin (before 4 March 1745 – 25 July 1814) was a British composer, musician, dramatist, novelist and actor. With over 600 songs to his name, for many of which he wrote both the lyrics and the music and performed them himself, he was in his time the most prolific English singer-songwriter. He is best known as the composer of "Tom Bowling", one of his many sea songs, which often features at the Last Night of the Proms. He also wrote
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People whose surname is or was Dibdin include:
- Charles Dibdin (1745–1814), British writer and musician
- Charles Dibdin the younger (1768–1833), English dramatist, composer and theatre proprietor
- James Caxton Dibdin (1856–1901) Scottish writer
- Lewis Tonna Dibdin (1852–1938) British lawyer and Dean of the Arches
- Michael Dibdin (1947–2007), British crime writer
- Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1776–1847), British bibliographer
- Thomas John Dibdin (1771–1841), British dramatist
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