George Bridgetower, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George Bridgetower

British musician

Date of Birth: 11-Oct-1778

Place of Birth: Bielsko-Biała, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 29-Feb-1860

Profession: composer, musician, violinist

Zodiac Sign: Libra

George Augustus Polgreen Bridgetower (11 October 1778 – 29 February 1860) was an Afro-European musician, born in 1778 in Biala Podlaska in Galicia, Poland, where his father worked for Hieronim Wincenty Radziwill.
He was baptised Hieronimo Hyppolito de Augusto on 11 October 1778.
He grew to be a virtuoso violinist, living in England for much of his life.