# William Harris — Short Fiction character guide

> William Harris in Short Fiction by H. P. Lovecraft.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Harris, William

**First appearance:** 0080-the-shunned-house

## Who they are

A man involved in the strange events at the shunned house.

## In the story

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_26_se/chapters/ii)

The first inhabitant of the shunned house, a substantial merchant and seaman who built the house in 1763; he died in 1766, enfeebled by the climate of Martinique.

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