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Professor Walter Raleigh

English scholar and literary critic, mentioned in academic contexts.

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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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MWMr. WhistlerUNUnknown NarratorGRGrenvilleESEssexRBRobert BrowningPWProfessor Walter Ral…

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