1806–1844

Introduction

Born: Ju­ly 20, 1806, Kames Cas­tle, Isle of Bute, Scot­land.

Died: Sep­tem­ber 18, 1844, Vent­nor, Isle of Wight.

Buried: Old St. Bo­ni­face church­yard, Bon­church, Isle of Wight.

Biography

John was the son of Ed­ward Ster­ling, and hus­band of Su­san­nah Bar­ton.

He at­tend­ed Cam­bridge Uni­ver­si­ty and went on to a ca­reer as au­thor and cri­tic. In 1828, he and F. D. Mau­rice bought the Athe­næ­um, but kept the pub­li­ca­tion on­ly six months.

Sterling’s works in­clude:

Julius Hare ed­it­ed Ster­ling’s works in 1848, and Ster­ling’s friend Tho­mas Car­lyle wrote his bio­gra­phy in 1851.

Sources

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Help Needed

If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Ster­ling (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),