# R. E. Inchcape Jones — Arrowsmith character guide

> R. E. Inchcape Jones in Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Dr. Inchcape Jones, Inchcape Jones, Inchcape

**First appearance:** 0041-i

## Who they are

A reserved, efficient British scientist at the McGurk Institute.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/arrowsmith_se/chapters/i)

Surgeon General of St. Hubert who initially denies the plague, insisting it cannot exist there, but later becomes grim as cases multiply.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/arrowsmith_se/chapters/iii)

Issues feeble proclamations and resists quarantine to protect business interests.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/arrowsmith_se/chapters/i)

Surgeon General of St. Hubert who initially downplays the epidemic.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/arrowsmith_se/chapters/iv)

Declares quarantine on St. Hubert despite business opposition.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/arrowsmith_se/chapters/iii)

The Surgeon General on St. Hubert, initially reluctant but eventually agrees to help the commission.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/arrowsmith_se/chapters/iv)

Appears with a Ford and guides the group to Penrith Lodge, commenting on the pesthouse.

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

Assures Leora of the safety of Penrith Lodge and explains its history.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/arrowsmith_se/chapters/vi)

Inchcape Jones is the overwhelmed director whose administration is criticized; he is appointed dictator but effectively cedes control to Sondelius.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/arrowsmith_se/chapters/i)

Drives Martin to Carib; opposes the experiment after witnessing the horror.

### [Chapter IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/arrowsmith_se/chapters/iv)

Assists Martin in finding a cottage for the dying Sondelius and is present during the Carib operation.

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

The Surgeon General who panics, attempts to escape, and then commits suicide.

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