Original: Sir George Grove, CB (13 August 1820 - 28 May 1900) was an English writer on music, known as the founding editor of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
Simplified: Sir George Grove (born Clapham, South London, 13 August 1820; died Sydenham, 28 May 1900 was an English engineer and musician. He wrote books about classical composers and is particularly famous for his big musical dictionary Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians.