Life
1745-1814; born in Southampton, Hampshire; dismissed by Garrick for misusing his mistress, and satirised him in The Comic Mirror. Charles Dibdin (father and son) are well-known theatrical musicians; Dibdin Jnr. was at Smock Alley for a season. ODNB OCEL
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References
Margaret Drabble, ed., Oxford Companion of English Literature, ed. (OUP: 1985), gives details: Charles Dibden (1745-1814), songwriter; The Professional Life of Mr. Dibdin ... with the words of six hundred songs (1803)
Belfast Public Library holds The Cobbler (1775); The Deserter (1773), a holding which suggests Dublin printing, or Irish material.
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Notes
Kith & Kin: Thomas Frognall Dibden (1776-1847) nephew of former, bibliographer, produced Bibliomania (1809) See Drabble (op. cit., 1985).
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