Surname: Wagner Forename(s): Wilhelm Richard b. 22 May 1813. d. 13 February 1883. Nationality: German. VIAF.
Composer. Educated at Leipzig University. Politically exiled in Zurich, Venice, and
Paris from 1849-1862. Author of The Flying Dutchman (1843), Lohengrin (1850), and the tetralogy The Ring of the Nibelung (1869–76). Bibliographic information: Deryck V. Cooke, Richard Wagner,Encyclopedia Britannica, 2020 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Wagner-German-composer (17 March 2020). (SCM)