Hugh S. (Hugh Sterling) Eayrs

Born in 1894, Hugh Sterling Eayrs was a Canadian author whose name is closely linked with Sir Isaac Brock, a short biography published by the Macmillan Company of Canada in 1918. Library and public-domain records also connect him with The Amateur Diplomat, a novel written with Thomas B. Costain.

Wikisource identifies him as a Macmillan of Canada employee, and archival listings associated with Macmillan point to his place within Canadian publishing as well as authorship. That combination helps explain the shape of his work: one foot in literary culture, the other in accessible storytelling and national history.

Eayrs died in 1940. Although he is not widely known today, his books still circulate through public-domain collections and library catalogs, giving modern readers a glimpse of early 20th-century Canadian writing and publishing.