# Sir Arthur Jermyn — Short Fiction character guide

> Sir Arthur Jermyn in Short Fiction by H. P. Lovecraft.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Arthur Jermyn, Arthur, young Arthur, Jermyn

**First appearance:** 0009-facts-concerning-the-late-arthur-jermyn-and-his-family

## Snapshot

A gifted Oxford scholar with a repellent face and poetic soul, determined to finish the African work his mad ancestor Sir Wade began.

## Who they are

Arthur Jermyn redeems his family's tainted intellectual reputation through brilliance at Oxford, yet his odd facial angle and long arms unsettle everyone he meets. He pours himself into Sir Wade's strange collection of African antiquities, weaving tales about a silent jungle city the old explorer swore existed. His devotion to proving his ancestor right is both his finest quality and the flaw that will drag him toward the truth about his own blood.

## In the story

### [Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_26_se/chapters/facts-concerning-the-late-arthur-jermyn-and-his-family)

The last of the Jermyn line, a poet and scholar who commits suicide by self-immolation after discovering the horrifying truth of his ancestry.

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