Author: Charles Dibdin
Alternate names: Charles Dibdin; Charles Dibdin the Elder; Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814; Charles 1745-1814 Dibdin; C. Dibdin
Born: 1745
Died: 1814
Bio: British musician, dramatist, novelist and actor. Father of [Charles Dibdin the younger](https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL7034721A/Charles_Dibdin_the_younger).