# Ed Blassner — Arrowsmith character guide

> Ed Blassner in Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Ed, Blassner

**First appearance:** 0014-i

## Who they are

A farmer in Wheatsylvania.

## Relationships

### [Martin Arrowsmith](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/arrowsmith_se/characters/martin_arrowsmith)

_professional_

Ed Blassner is a cynical, hard-drinking journalist and colleague who works alongside Martin at the McGurk Institute, often clashing with his idealism.

### [Max Gottlieb](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/arrowsmith_se/characters/max_gottlieb)

_professional_

Ed Blassner and Max Gottlieb are colleagues at the McGurk Institute, with Blassner often mocking Gottlieb's intense scientific purity.

### [Martin Arrowsmith](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/arrowsmith_se/characters/martin_arrowsmith)

_professional_

Ed Blassner is a cynical, hard-drinking journalist and colleague who works alongside Martin at the McGurk Institute, often clashing with his idealism.

### [Martin Arrowsmith](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/arrowsmith_se/characters/martin_arrowsmith)

_professional_

Ed Blassner is a cynical, hard-drinking journalist and colleague who works alongside Martin at the McGurk Institute, often clashing with his idealism.

### [Max Gottlieb](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/arrowsmith_se/characters/max_gottlieb)

_professional_

Ed Blassner and Max Gottlieb are colleagues at the McGurk Institute, with Blassner often mocking Gottlieb's intense scientific purity.

## In the story

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/arrowsmith_se/chapters/v)

Leopolis druggist who reluctantly provides the antitoxin after being roused from bed.

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