# Elder William Hitch — Around the World in Eighty Days character guide

> Elder William Hitch in Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Elder Hitch

**First appearance:** 0026-xxvii

## Who they are

Mormon missionary encountered by Fogg during the train journey across America.

## In the story

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/around_the_world_in_eighty_days_se/chapters/ix)

Not present in this chapter.

### [In which Passepartout undergoes, at a speed of twenty miles an hour, a course of Mormon history.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/around_the_world_in_eighty_days_se/chapters/xxvii)

Delivers a passionate lecture on Mormonism on the train, recounting the history of the Latter Day Saints.

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