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Born: 20 Jul 1806 - Essayist and miscellaneous writer, son of Edward, the famous “Thunderer” of the Times newspaper, and the “Captain Whirlwind” of Carlyle. Born in Kames Castle, Bute, and educated at Glasgow University, and Trinity, Cambridge, where he had Dr., afterwards Archdeacon Hare, for his tutor; and became acquainted with a knot of brilliant young men, numbering among others Frederick Maurice, Richard Trench, Monckton Milnes, and Charles Buller; after leaving Cambridge, Sterling purchased the Athenaeum newspaper from its projector, Silk Buckingham; but the speculation not being successful, the print was disposed of to Mr. Dilke; in 1834, Sterling entered holy orders, and becamse curate of Hurstmonceaux, Sussex, under his friend, Archdeacon Hare; but delicate health compelled him to leave church duty in less than a year afterwards, and henceforth his life was spent in migrations between England and other countries enjoying a warmer climate; the peculiarly intellectual qualities of his character endeared Sterling to a circle including the mist distinguished literary men of his day, and after his death, a very affectionate biography was written by Thomas Carlyle. His most important contributions to literature were published in a collected form in 1848, under the title of “Essays and Tales”. Died aged 38 Source: THE BOOK OF SCOTSMEN EMINENT FOR ACHIEVEMENTS IN ARMS AND ARTS, CHURCH AND STATE, LAW, LEGISLATION, AND LITERATURE, COMMERCE, SCIENCE, TRAVEL, AND PHILANTHROPY. COMPILED AND ARRANGED BY JOSEPH IRVING
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