Author: William Pilling
Author: William Pilling (1834–1915)
Alternate Name(s): An Estanciero (pseudonym)
Biography: William Pilling was born on 12 November 1834 in Liverpool, the son of John and Alice Pilling. In 1852, he emigrated to Buenos Aires where he worked as a journalist. He would eventually go on to own his own newspaper. Over the next several decades, Pilling would travel back and forth between Argentina and England. In addition to his journalism, he wrote two novels both set in South America, Ponce de Leon (1878) under the pseudonym "An Estanciero" and Near the Lagunas (1878), as well as nonfiction. By 1901, Pilling had married and retired to Worthing, Sussex. He died on 8 June 1915 in Worthing.
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References: British Census (1901, 1911); Worthing Gazette (9 June 1915)
Fiction Titles:
- Near the Lagunas: or, Scenes in the States of La Plata. A Novel. 2 vol. London: Chapman and Hall, 1878.
- Ponce de Leon: or, The Rise of the Argentine Republic. A Novel. 1 vol. London: Chapman and Hall, 1878.