Language English Died August 11, 1965 Role Author | Name A. W. Nationality British Siblings Evelyn De Morgan | |
Born 26 August 1865
London, England ( 1865-08-26 ) Occupation author and art benefactor Books Coke of Norfolk and His Frien, The Hothams; Being the, Annals of a Yorkshire House fro, Annals of a Yorkshire House fro | ||
A.M.W. Stirling (26 August 1865, London – 11 August 1965) was the author of several books dealing mostly with the lives and reminiscences of the British landed gentry of Yorkshire. She was also the founder of the De Morgan Centre for the Study of 19th Century Art and Society.
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Biography
Her name at birth was Anna Marie Diana Wilhelmina Pickering, the daughter of Anna Marie Wilhelmina Spencer-Stanhope and her husband, Perceval Pickering. She was the sister of Evelyn Pickering de Morgan and the niece of John Roddam Spencer-Stanhope, both pre-Raphaelite painters, and her writings are a uniquely valuable if sometimes questionable source of biographical information for them.
Ghost hunting
In her later years, Sterling took interest in ghost hunting. She wrote the book Ghosts Vivisected (1957). A review in Western Folklore concluded that "the book is not terribly strong, and it falls short of presenting a convincing argument that will win over a skeptical reader."
Books
The published books of A.M.W. Stirling include: