Mozart Contemporaries / Non-Musicians
* DAVID ALLAN, (1749-1832), Scottish history painter, known for portraits and for genre paintings such as Scotch Wedding, which earned him the title 'the Scottish Hoarth.'
* JANE AUSTEN, (1775-1817), English novelist who observed speech and manners with wit and precision as revealed in her characters. Most famous works: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion.
* JOEL BARLOW , (1754-1812), American poet and diplomat, a member of the literary circle the 'Connecticut Wits.' He published an epic entitled The Vision of Columbus in 1787 but is particularly remembered for Hasty Pudding (1796), a celebration of an American dessert.