Amphilis Throckmorton Middlemore (14 April 1891 – 18 July 1931) was a British writer and teacher. With her friend

Dorothy L. Sayers Dorothy Leigh Sayers ( ; 13 June 1893 – 17 December 1957) was an English crime novelist, playwright, translator and critic. Born in Oxford, Sayers was brought up in rural East Anglia and educated at Godolphin School in Salisbury and Somerv ...

, she founded '' The Mutual Admiration Society'' at

Somerville College, Oxford Somerville College is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. It was founded in 1879 as Somerville Hall, one of its first two women's colleges. It began admitting men in 1994. The colle ...

, had some writing published, and was an English teacher at

Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr College ( ; Welsh language, Welsh: ) is a Private college, private Women's colleges in the United States, women's Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded as a ...

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...

, where she launched plays and acted in them. After Bryn Mawr she worked at

Swarthmore College Swarthmore College ( , ) is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1864, with its first classes held in 1869, Swarthmore is one of the e ...

, Pennsylvania, teaching English from 1922 to 1928. Her distinctive first two names had become part of the family in the 15th century when a Richard and a Thomas Middlemore had both married into the Throckmorton family and a John Middlemore had married Amphillis Goodwin. She died on 18 July 1931, as reported by the college's newspaper, '' The Swarthmore Phoenix''. She was daughter of MP Sir

John Middlemore Sir John Throgmorton Middlemore, 1st Baronet (9 June 1844 – 17 October 1924) was an English Liberal Unionist politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham North. He was the son of William Middlemore, who had a leather b ...

, niece of

Thomas Middlemore Thomas Middlemore (1842 – 16 May 1923) was an English mountaineer who made multiple first ascents during the silver age of alpinism. His audacity earned him a reputation as the ''enfant terrible'' within the Alpine Club. He was also the head ...

, and cousin of artist Emily Parker Groom.

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1891 births 1931 deaths 20th-century British women writers Alumni of Somerville College, Oxford Bryn Mawr College faculty Swarthmore College faculty Writers from Birmingham, West Midlands {{UK-writer-stub