# Professor Walter Raleigh — Heretics character guide

> Professor Walter Raleigh in Heretics by G. K. Chesterton.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Raleigh, Professor Raleigh

**First appearance:** 0001-heretics

## Who they are

English scholar and literary critic, mentioned in academic contexts.

## In the story

### [XVII: On the Wit of Whistler](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/heretics_se/chapters/xvii-on-the-wit-of-whistler)

Quoted for his memorial on Whistler, comparing Whistler's laughter to Browning's; Chesterton disagrees with this comparison.

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