William George Stirling

William George Stirling (25 August 1887 – 11 October 1951), was an Assistant Protector of Chinese in Singapore, an artist, a sculptor, and a criminologist.

Stirling was born on 25 August 1887 in the Sysonby House in Melton Mowbray, Leicester.

While he was still attending school, he joined the Japan Society in London, due to his fascination with the Far East.

[1] Somewhere in 1934, he went to study at the Lyons Criminology Institute under French criminologist Edmond Locard for three years, during which he invented the synchrisiscope.

[8] In March 1936, two of his bronze sculptures, with one depicting a Chinese boy actor, and the other depicting a Malay boy, were purchased by the Municipal Commission of Singapore using the money Karel Willem Van Kleef had donated.