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Cui, César Antonovich 1835-1918
Russian composer and engineer

Born in Vilna (now Vilnius, Lithuania), he was virtually self-taught as a musician and composed William Ratcliff (1861) and other operas. He was also an expert on fortification, and became lieutenant-general of engineers.