বায়োগ্রাফি: Richard Barham Middleton is mainly remembered for his short ghost stories, especially, "The Ghost Ship". He was and Born in Staines, Middlesex, educated at Cranbrook School, Kent. from 1901 to 1907 He worked as a clerk at the bank of London. He moved out of his parents' house and joined the New Bohemians, a club where he acquired literary contacts, including Arthur Machen, Louis McQuilland (1880–1946) and Christopher Wilson. After he became the editor of Vanity Fair, his fellow editor Frank Harris that he wanted to be a poet and Harris published his poem "The Bathing Boy". He suffered from depression known as melancholia at that time.in Brussels December 1911 he took his life by poisoning himself with chloroform which was prescribed as a remedy for his. His literary status was upheld by Edgar Jepson and Arthur Machen, of whom the latter wrote an preface to Middleton's collection The Ghost Ship and Other Stories and later by John Gawsworth. His stories appeared in several compilations.