Thomas Middleton (bishop)

Thomas Fanshaw Middleton (28 January 1769 – 8 July 1822) was a noted Anglican bishop.He then went up to Pembroke College, Cambridge, and on graduation was ordained in the Church of England.In response, he founded Bishop's College in Calcutta, which admitted Britons Indians and Anglo-Indians, some of whom could go on to ordination.[1] In May 1814, Middleton was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on the basis of being "a Gentleman well known to the literary world as the author of several classical works, and conversant with various departments of science" [2] He died in Calcutta of sunstroke on 8 July 1822[3] and is buried under the altar of St. John's Church, the then cathedral of Calcutta.[4] Media related to Thomas Middleton (bishop) at Wikimedia Commons
Portrait of Bishop Middleton, c. 1824
Middleton memorial, St Paul's Cathedral
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