Biographies of Mozart Biographies of Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died after a short illness on 5 December 1791, aged 35. His reputation as a composer, already strong during his lifetime, rose rapidly in the years after his death, and he became (as he has remained to this day) one of the most celebrated of all composers. Shortly after Mozart's death, biographers began to piece together accounts of his life, relying on the testimony of those still living who knew him, as well as surviving correspondence. The creation of Mozart biographies has been an activity of scholars ever since. Friedrich Schlichtegroll was a teacher
Charles Molyneux, 5th Earl of Sefton fall in the Altcar Steeplechase in 1897 which left him severely brain damaged, a hopeless invalid and mentally unstable. His engagement to the Lady Mary Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, daughter of the 1st Earl of Ancaster was called off and he eventually died from his injuries. He died at his family seat, Croxteth Hall, near Liverpool, 2 December 1901, aged only 34, and was buried nearby in St Chad's churchyard, Kirkby. On his death his title passed to his brother Osbert Molyneux, 6th Earl of Sefton. Charles Molyneux, 5th Earl of Sefton Charles William Hylton Molyneux, 5th Earl of Sefton, (25 June 1867