- GROSSMITH, GEORGE
- actor, famous for leading parts in Gilbert and Sullivan's operas, and since as giving single-handed dramatic sketches and songs, written by himself and set to music by himself; b. 1847.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
GROSSMITH, GEORGE
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