Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: Sir William Sterndale Bennett ( born Sheffield , 13 April 1816 ; died London , 1 February 1875 ) was a distinguished English composer of the Romantic period .
Simplified: Sir William Sterndale Bennett ( 13 April 1816 â `` 1 February 1875 ) was an English composer of the Romantic period .