# Licentiate Roederer — Prince Otto character guide

> Licentiate Roederer in Prince Otto by Robert Louis Stevenson.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Roederer, Herr Roederer

**First appearance:** 0014-vii-the-prince-dissolves-the-council

## Who they are

A legal or academic figure who appears in the story.

## In the story

### [In Which the Prince Collects Opinions by the Way](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/prince_otto_se/chapters/iv-in-which-the-prince-collects-opinions-by-the-way)

An authoritarian political theorist who praises Otto as an ideal ruler and discusses his writings.

### [What Happened in the Library](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/prince_otto_se/chapters/i-what-happened-in-the-library)

Mentioned as a writer who suggested a government composed of Otto and Gotthold; Gotthold dismisses him as an 'ignorant puppy' but later softens.

### [Bibliographical Postscript to Complete the Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/prince_otto_se/chapters/bibliographical-postscript-to-complete-the-story)

Author of the memoirs of Greisengesang, though he exaggerates his own role.

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