George Grove

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George Grove was a 19th-century English engineer, music scholar, and editor best known for founding and editing the influential Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians.

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instanceOf editor
encyclopedist
human
musicologist
birthDate 1820-08-13
birthPlace Clapham, London, England NERFINISHED
contributedTo promotion of orchestral music in Victorian England
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
deathDate 1900-05-28
deathPlace Sydenham, London, England NERFINISHED
educatedAt private schools in England
employer Crystal Palace Company NERFINISHED
Royal College of Music NERFINISHED
era Victorian era
fieldOfWork civil engineering
music criticism
musicology
fullName Sir George Grove NERFINISHED
genre music criticism
music reference
hasOccupation lexicographer
hasPart Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, first edition volumes NERFINISHED
honorificTitle Sir
influenced development of modern music reference works
knownFor editing the first edition of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians
founding Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians
languageOfWorkOrName English
name George Grove NERFINISHED
notableStudent students of the Royal College of Music
notableWork Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians NERFINISHED
occupation civil engineer
editor
music scholar
writer
positionHeld director of the Crystal Palace concerts
first director of the Royal College of Music
religion Anglicanism NERFINISHED
residence London, England
spouse Harriet Bradley NERFINISHED
workLocation Crystal Palace, Sydenham NERFINISHED
London, England
surface form: London
wrote essays on Beethoven
essays on Schubert
program notes for Crystal Palace concerts

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