Charles Dibdin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles Dibdin

British musician, songwriter, dramatist, novelist and actor

Date of Birth: 15-Mar-1745

Place of Birth: Southampton, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 25-Jul-1814

Profession: writer, composer, singer, playwright, singer-songwriter, stage actor

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

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 about 30 dramatic pieces, including the operas The Waterman (1774) and The Quaker (1775), and several novels, memoirs and histories.