A. M. W. Stirling


A.M.W. Stirling 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.

Biography

Her name at birth was Anna Marie Diana Wilhelmina Pickering, the daughter of Anna Marie Wilhelmina Spencer-Stanhope and her husband, Percival 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. 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: