Record ID:
49865481 (Libraries Australia Authorities)
Authority type:
  • Name.
LC number:
  • n 2004091660
Heading:
Used for:
  • Galvin, George, 1860-1904
  • Patrick, Dan, 1860-1904
  • Leno, Dan, 1861-1904
Notes:
  • LC PreMARC file (hdg.: Leno, Dan, 1861-1904)
  • www.rfwilmut.clara.net/musichll/xleno (Dan Leno was the greatest comedian of the Victorian Music Hall. His real name was George Galvin, and he was born in 1860. From 1886 to his death in 1904 he was immensely popular, pioneering the style of stand-up comedy which held sway until the gag-men of the 1930s took over)
  • 41.1911encyclopedia.org/L/LE/LENO DAN (Leno, Dan, the stage-name of George Galvin (1861-1904), English comedian, who was born at Somers Town, London, in February 1861, d. 1904)
  • www.britannica.com/eb/article (Dan Leno; born Dec. 20, 1860, London, Eng., died Oct. 31, 1904, London; original name George Galvin: popular English entertainer who is considered the foremost representative of the British music hall at its height in the 19th century)
  • Bio. and geneal. master index on GaleNet, Aug. 13, 2007 (Leno, Dan, 1860-1904 [24 sources]; Leno, Dan, 1860-1903 [1 source]; Leno, Dan, 1861-1904 [1 source]; Leno, Dan, d. 1904 [1 source])
  • Oxford DNB (Leno, Dan; real name, George Wild Galvin; b. Dec. 20, 1860, London, d. Oct. 31, 1904; early stage name, Dan Patrick)
  • Gänzl, K. The enc. of the musical theatre, 2nd ed. (Leno, Dan (Galvin, George Wild) (aka Dan Patrick); b. Dec. 20, 1860, London, d. Oct. 31, 1904, London; music-hall clog dancer, acrobat, and comic singer)
Local system number:
  • (AuCNL)887688
Cataloguing source:
  • DLC eng DLC PPi-MA