H. C. Colles, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

H. C. Colles

British musical writer

Date of Birth: 20-Apr-1879

Place of Birth: Shropshire, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 04-Mar-1943

Profession: biographer, music critic, journalist, linguist, musicologist, lexicographer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Henry Cope Colles (20 April 1879 – 4 March 1943) was an English music critic, music lexicographer, writer on music and organist.
He is best known for his 32 years as chief music critic of The Times (1911–1943) and for editing the 3rd and 4th editions of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1927 and 1940 respectively).