# Dorothy Middleton > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dorothy_Middleton > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dorothy_Middleton.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Middleton > Source revision: 1337141420 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) British geographer and writer Dorothy Middleton Born Dorothy Butler (1909-11-19)19 November 1909 Lahore, Punjab Died February 3, 1999(1999-02-03) (aged 89) London Occupations Writer, geographer Spouse Laurence Middleton Parents Montagu Butler (father) Anne Smith (mother) **Dorothy Middleton** (9 November 1909 – 3 February 1999) was a writer and geographer who held several roles at the [Royal Geographical Society](/source/Royal_Geographical_Society). Her best-known work is *Victorian Lady Travellers* (1965).[1][2][3][4] ## Biography Dorothy Butler was born on 9 November 1909 to Sir [Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler](/source/Montagu_Sherard_Dawes_Butler) and Anne Gertrude Smith, in [Lahore](/source/Lahore), [British India](/source/British_India), where her father was Deputy Commissioner.[1] The family later relocated to [Cambridge](/source/Cambridge), when her retired father became a master at [Pembroke College](/source/Pembroke_College%2C_Cambridge). On 30 April 1938, she married Laurence Henry Neave Middleton, a lawyer, and the Middletons settled in [Chelsea, London](/source/Chelsea%2C_London).[1] In the 1950s, Middleton was introduced by [John Murray](/source/John_Murray_(publishing_house)) to some letters written by [Isabella Bird](/source/Isabella_Bird). From this, Middleton's interest in women travellers grew, resulting in the book *Victorian Lady Travellers* (1965) along with contributions to the [Dictionary of National Biography](/source/Dictionary_of_National_Biography) and lectures around Britain. She published *Lugard in Africa* jointly with [A. A. Thomson](/source/A._A._Thomson) (1959), and edited a reprint of *The Art of Travel* by [Francis Galton](/source/Francis_Galton) (1971). Middleton held a number of roles at the [Royal Geographical Society](/source/Royal_Geographical_Society), at a time when this was still a male preserve.[1] She was assistant editor of [The Geographical Journal](/source/The_Geographical_Journal) for twenty years, became an Honorary Fellow in 1971 and an Honorary Vice-President in 1987.[1] Dorothy Middleton died on 3 February 1999 in Chelsea.[1][2][3][4] ## Works - *Bonnie Prince Charlie* (1948). co-authored with [Clemence Dane](/source/Clemence_Dane), London: Convoy Publications. - [Charles Edward Stuart](/source/Charles_Edward_Stuart) - Middleton, Dorothy (1949). *Baker of the Nile*. London: The Falcon Press.[5] - [Samuel Baker](/source/Samuel_Baker) - [Thomson, A. A.](/source/A._A._Thomson); Middleton, Dorothy (1959). *Lugard in Africa*. Hale.[6] - [Frederick Lugard](/source/Frederick_Lugard) - Middleton, Dorothy (1965). *Victorian Lady Travellers*. [Routledge & K.Paul](/source/Routledge).[7] - [Isabella Bird](/source/Isabella_Bird), [Marianne North](/source/Marianne_North), [Fanny Workman](/source/Fanny_Workman), [May French Sheldon](/source/May_French_Sheldon), [Annie Taylor](/source/Annie_Royle_Taylor), [Kate Marsden](/source/Kate_Marsden) and [Mary Kingsley](/source/Mary_Kingsley) - *The Diary of A. J. Mounteney Jephson* (1969). editor, Cambridge University Press. - [Arthur Jephson](/source/Arthur_Jephson) - [Galton, Francis](/source/Francis_Galton) (1971). Middleton, Dorothy (ed.). *The Art of Travel*. [David & Charles](/source/David_%26_Charles).[8] ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-indy_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-indy_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-indy_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-indy_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-indy_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-indy_1-5) Mead, W.R. (8 February 1999). ["Obituary: Dorothy Middleton"](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-dorothy-middleton-1069509.html). *[The Independent](/source/The_Independent)*. Retrieved 3 March 2020. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-odnb_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-odnb_2-1) Mead, W.R. "Middleton [née Butler], Dorothy". *[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography](/source/Dictionary_of_National_Biography#Oxford_Dictionary_of_National_Biography)* (online ed.). Oxford University Press. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1093/ref:odnb/70780](https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fref%3Aodnb%2F70780). (Subscription, [Wikipedia Library](https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/partners/88/) access or [UK public library membership](https://www.oxforddnb.com/help/subscribe#public) required.) 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-journal_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-journal_3-1) Mead, W.R. (July 1999). "Obituaries: Dorothy Middleton 1909-1999". *[The Geographical Journal](/source/The_Geographical_Journal)*. **169** (2): 246–247. [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [3060435](https://www.jstor.org/stable/3060435). 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-magazine_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-magazine_4-1) [Hanbury-Tenison, Robin](/source/Robin_Hanbury-Tenison) (May 1999). ["Obituary: Dorothy Middleton"](https://www.questia.com/magazine/1G1-54913159/obituary-dorothy-middleton). *[Geographical](/source/Geographical_(magazine))*. **71** (5): 246–247. Retrieved 5 March 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Baker of the Nile"](https://rgs.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=85020). *[Royal Geographical Society](/source/Royal_Geographical_Society)*. Retrieved 5 March 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Lugard in Africa"](http://search.bl.uk/BLBNB:LSCOP-BNB:BLL01010926576). *[British Library](/source/British_Library)*. Retrieved 5 March 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [*Victorian lady travellers*](http://search.bl.uk/BLBNB:LSCOP-BNB:BLL01008332212). Routledge & KPaul. 1965. Retrieved 5 March 2020. {{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book)}}: |website= ignored ([help](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#periodical_ignored)) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [*Francis Galton's Art of Travel (1872)*](http://search.bl.uk/BLBNB:LSCOP-BNB:BLL01010325826). David & Charles. 1970. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780715351390](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780715351390). 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