Christopher Middleton (d
Christopher Middleton may refer to: *Christopher Middleton (d. 1628) (1560–1628), English translator and poet *Christopher Middleton (poet) (1926–2015), British poet *Christopher Middleton (navigator) (1770), Royal Navy officer and navigator See also *Khris Middleton James Khristian Middleton (born August 12, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is a three-time NBA All-Star and won an NBA championship with the Bucks in 2 ...

Christopher Middleton (d
Christopher Middleton may refer to: *Christopher Middleton (d. 1628) (1560–1628), English translator and poet *Christopher Middleton (poet) (1926–2015), British poet *Christopher Middleton (navigator) (1770), Royal Navy officer and navigator See also *Khris Middleton James Khristian Middleton (born August 12, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is a three-time NBA All-Star and won an NBA championship with the Bucks in 2 ...

Christopher Middleton (poet)
Christopher Middleton (10 June 1926 – 29 November 2015) was a British poet and translator, especially of German literature. Life He was born John Christopher Middleton in Truro, Cornwall, in 1926. Following four years' service in the Royal Air Force, he studied at Merton College, Oxford, matriculating in 1948. He then held academic positions at the University of Zürich and King's College London. In 1966 he took up a position as Professor of Germanic Languages & Literature at the University of Texas, Austin, retiring in 1998. Middleton has published translations of Robert Walser, Nietzsche, Hölderlin, Goethe, Gert Hofmann and many others. He has received various awards, including the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and the Schlegel-Tieck Prize The Schlegel-Tieck Prize for German Translation is a literary translation award given by the Society of Authors in London. Translations from the German original into English are considered for the prize. The value of the priz ...
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Christopher Middleton (navigator)
Christopher Middleton ( – 12 February 1770) was a British navigator with the Hudson's Bay Company and Royal Navy officer. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 7 April 1737. Career Privateer in Queen Anne's War Middleton described serving aboard a privateer in Queen Anne's War. The war was fought between 1701 and 1713. Hudson's Bay Company service Middleton was appointed second mate of the ''Hannah'', in 1721, and appointed her captain in 1725. He eventually made 16 annual voyages on ships supplying Hudson Bay Company outposts. Middleton was a scientific sailor, and he methodically observed compass deviations, on his voyages. Hudson's Bay was close to the location of the North Magnetic Pole. Middleton published a paper, describing his observations, in the Royal Society's ''Philosophical Transactions''. Middleton's scientific endeavours earned him a Fellowship in the Royal Society. Northwest Passage On 5 March 1741, Middleton was appointed ...
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