John Henry Middleton

John Henry Middleton (1846–1896) was a British archaeologist, architect, art historian, and museum director, born in York as the only surviving child of architect John Middleton.[1][4] He served as Slade Professor of Fine Art at Cambridge, Keeper of the Fitzwilliam Museum (1889–1892), and Director of the South Kensington Museum (later V&A) from 1892 until his death from an accidental morphine overdose.[1][2][3] Middleton pioneered scientific studies of Roman antiquities with works like 'Ancient Rome' (1885) and 'Remains of Ancient Rome' (1892).[5]