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Professor Walter Raleigh
English scholar and literary critic, mentioned in academic contexts.
minor
Also known as Raleigh, Professor Raleigh
First appearance: heretics
Professor Walter Raleigh shows up with force in XVII: On the Wit of Whistler. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Quoted for his memorial on Whistler, comparing Whistler's laughter to Browning's; Chesterton disagrees with this comparison.
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In XVII: On the Wit of Whistler: Quoted for his memorial on Whistler, comparing Whistler's laughter to Browning's; Chesterton disagrees…
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