# Charles Austin — The Autobiography of John Stuart Mill character guide

> Charles Austin in The Autobiography of John Stuart Mill by John Stuart Mill.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Charles Austin, Austin, Charles

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Who they are

Lawyer and early friend of Mill, known for his debating skill and radical views.

## Relationships

### [John Stuart Mill](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_autobiography_of_john_stuart_mill_se/characters/john_stuart_mill)

_friendship_

Austin was a close friend from the Utilitarian Society and a fellow disciple of Bentham.

## In the story

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_autobiography_of_john_stuart_mill_se/chapters/iii)

Younger brother of John Austin; a brilliant orator and leader among Cambridge youth who introduced Mill to a circle of contemporaries and presented Benthamic doctrines in a startling, paradoxical manner.

### [Chapter IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_autobiography_of_john_stuart_mill_se/chapters/iv)

His Cambridge contemporaries were a channel for spreading James Mill's opinions.

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