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
William Mellish (died 1791) and a daughter. His son Charles by his first wife became MP for Pontefract and then Aldborough. His third son William (by his second wife) was MP for Great Grimsby. William Mellish (died 1791) William Mellish (c.1710 - 16 December 1791) was a British government administrator and Member of Parliament. He was born the second son of Joseph Mellish of Doncaster, Yorkshire and Blyth Hall, Nottinghamshire and was educated at Eton School (1725) and Peterhouse College, Cambridge (1726). He studied law in Lincoln's Inn (1725) and the Inner Temple (1734). . He succeeded to Blyth in 1757 on the death