Meyerbeer, illustrious musical composer, born at Berlin, of Jewish birth; composer of operatic music, and for over 30 years supreme in French opera; produced “Robert le Diable” in 1831, the “Huguenots” in 1833, “Le Prophète” in 1844, “L'Étoile du Nord” in 1854, the “Dinorah” in 1859 (1791‒1864).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Meyer, Conrad Ferdinand * Mezzofanti, Giuseppe