A. M. W. Stirling
A. M. W. Stirling | |
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| Born | Anna Marie Diana Wilhelmina Pickering 26 August 1865 London, England |
| Died | 11 August 1965 (aged 99) Heidelberg, Germany |
| Occupation | Author and art benefactor |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | British |
| Relatives | Percival Pickering (father) Evelyn De Morgan (sister) John Roddam Spencer Stanhope (uncle) |
Anna Marie Diana Wilhelmina Stirling (née Pickering; 26 August 1865 – 11 August 1965), also known as Wilhelmina Stirling and under the alias Percival Pickering, was a British writer and art collector. A greater part of her books dealt with the lives and reminiscences of the British landed gentry of Yorkshire. She was the founder of the De Morgan Centre for the Study of 19th Century Art and Society.