Edward Charles Stirling

Sir Edward Stirling CMG FRS FRCS
Member of the South Australian House of Assembly
In office 8 April 1884 – 18 March 1887
Succeeded by	Lewis Cohen
Constituency	North Adelaide
Personal details
Born	(1848-09-08)8 September 1848 Strathalbyn, South Australia, Australia
Died	20 March 1919(1919-03-20) (aged 70) Mount Lofty, South Australia, Australia
Cause of death	Bronchitis
Spouse	Jane Gilbert ​ (m. 1877)​
Children	Five daughters including Harriet Adelaide Stirling and two sons
Parents	Edward Stirling (father) Harriett, née Taylor (mother)
Relatives	John Lancelot Stirling (brother)
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge
Occupation	Scientist

Sir Edward Charles Stirling CMG FRS FRCS (8 September 1848 – 20 March 1919) was an Australian anthropologist and the first professor of physiology at the University of Adelaide.