A. M. W. Stirling
| A. M. W. Stirling | |
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| Born |
26 August 1865 London, England |
| Died | 11 August 1965 (aged 99) Heidelberg, Germany |
| Occupation | Author and art benefactor |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | British |
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.
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.
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."
The published books of A.M.W. Stirling include:
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