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
French ship Redoutable (1791) silenced the British flagship and killed Nelson. As her crew prepared to board "Victory", HMS "Temeraire" raked her with grapeshot, killing or maiming most of her crew. "Redoutable" continued to fight until she was in danger of sinking before striking her colours. She foundered in the storm of 22 October. The ship was laid down at Brest in January 1790, and launched as "Suffren" on 31 May 1791. She was the first ship of the French Navy named in honour of Vice-admiral Suffren de Saint Tropez, who had died a hero of the American War of Independence on 8 December