# Dr. Trefoil — Barchester Towers character guide

> Dr. Trefoil in Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** poor Dr. Trefoil, the Dean

**First appearance:** 0000-i-who-will-be-the-new-bishop

## Who they are

The elderly Dean of Barchester, whose death precipitates events.

## In the story

### [The Bishop's Library](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/barchester_towers_se/chapters/xxxi-the-bishop-s-library)

The dean who suffers a stroke of apoplexy and lies unconscious, with little hope of recovery.

### [A New Candidate for Ecclesiastical Honours](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/barchester_towers_se/chapters/xxxii-a-new-candidate-for-ecclesiastical-honours)

The dean is stricken with apoplexy and is past hope, creating the vacancy Mr. Slope seeks to fill.

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