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William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
Gilbert, William Schwenck. An English librettist and comic poet and prose-writer; born in London, Nov. 18, 1836; died at Harrow, May 29, 1911. He prepared for the bar, and practiced successfully; but the fame of the ‘Bab Ballads,’ and of his librettos to the scores of ‘Pinafore,’ ‘Patience,’ ‘The Mikado,’ and other comic operas, eclipsed his legal attainments,—which however were not inconsiderable. (See Critical and Biographical Introduction).