See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

THOMAS See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• DIBDIN, CHARLES (1745—1814)
• DIBDIN, THOMAS FROGNALL (1776—1847)
• THOMAS JOHN DIBDIN (1771–1841)

DIBDIN (1771–1841)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English dramatist and See also:

• SONG

song-writer, son of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• DIBDIN, CHARLES (1745—1814)
• DIBDIN, THOMAS FROGNALL (1776—1847)
• DIBDIN, THOMAS JOHN (1771–1841)

Dibdin, the song-writer, and of Mrs Davenet, an actress whose real name was Harriet See also:

• PITT, THOMAS (1653-1726)
• PITT, WILLIAM (1759-1806)

Pitt, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 21st of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1771 . He was apprenticed to his maternal See also:

• UNCLE

uncle, a See also:

• LONDON

London See also:

• UPHOLSTERER

upholsterer, and later to See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Rawlins, afterwards See also:

• SHERIFF

sheriff of London . He summoned his second See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master unsuccessfully for rough treatment; and after a few years of service he ran away to join a See also:

• COMPANY

company of See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country players . From 1789 to 1795 he played in all sorts of parts; he acted as See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene painter at See also:

• LIVERPOOL
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS OF

Liverpool in 1791; and during this See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period he composed more than See also:

• I000

i000 songs . He made his first See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt as a dramatic writer in Something New, followed by The Mad See also:

• GUARDIAN

Guardian in 1795 . He returned to London in 1795, having married two years before; and in the See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter of 1798–1799 his See also:

• JEW, THE WANDERING

Jew and the See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

Doctor was produced at Covent See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

Garden . From this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time he contributed a very large number of comedies, operas, farces, &c., to the public entertainment . Some of these brought immense popularity to the writer and immense profits to the theatres . It is stated that the See also:

• PANTOMIME

pantomime of See also:

• MOTHER

Mother See also:

• GOOSE (a common Teut. word, O. Eng. gOs, pl. ges, Ger. Gans, O. Norse gas, from Aryan root, ghans, whence Sans. hansa, Lat. anser (for hanser)
• GOOSE (GAME OF)

Goose (1807) produced more than £20,000 for the management at Covent Garden See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre, and the High-mettled Racer, adapted as a pantomime from his See also:

• FATHER

father's See also:

• PLAY

play, £18,000 at See also:

• ASTLEY, JACOB ASTLEY, BARON (1579-1652)
• ASTLEY, SIR JOHN DIIGDALB

Astley's . Dibdin was prompter and pantomime writer at See also:

• DRURY, SIR WILLIAM (1527-1579)

Drury See also:

• LANE, EDWARD WILLIAM (1801–1876)
• LANE, JAMES HENRY (1814–1866)

Lane until 1816, when he took the See also:

• SURREY
• SURREY, EARLDOM OF
• SURREY, HENRY HOWARD, EARL OF (1518?-1547)

Surrey theatre . This venture proved disastrous and he became bankrupt . After this he was manager of the Haymarket, but without his old success, and his last years were passed in See also:

• COMPARATIVE

comparative poverty .

In 1827 he published two volumes of Reminiscences; and at the time of his See also:

• DEATH

death he was preparing an edition of his father's See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea songs, for which a small sum was allowed him weekly by the lords of the See also:

• ADMIRALTY, HIGH COURT OF

admiralty . Of his own songs " The See also:

• OAK (O. Eng., (lc)

Oak Table " and " The Snug Little See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island " are well-known examples . He died in London on the 16th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1841 .