Biographies of Mozart instance, by Schroeder (1999). Revisionism is, perhaps, likely to continue. Assessing the whole tradition of Mozart biography, Steptoe concludes: There is little doubt that successive generations of scholars have been sincere in their views of the composer, each claiming to be more 'objective' than the last, stripping away the veneer of speculation to arrive at 'the real man'. It is sobering to realize that these different opinions about Mozart as a person are all based on a very similar set of data. Biographies of Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died after a short illness on 5 December 1791, aged 35. His
Charles Inglis (Royal Navy officer, died 1791) on 21 September 1790. He died on 10 October 1791, at his brother's seat near Edinburgh. His biographer, P. K. Crimmin, assessed him as being 'a capable and competent officer without being inspired or presented with fortunate opportunities.' There are no details of Inglis having married, and Wood's "The Ancient and Modern State of the Parish of Cramond" stated that he died unmarried, but he is known to have had at least one child, a son, Charles Inglis. The younger Charles Inglis followed his father into the navy, served in several engagements of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and