# Doctor John — The Autobiography of Mark Twain character guide

> Doctor John in The Autobiography of Mark Twain by Mark Twain.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Doctor

**First appearance:** 0003-the-autobiography-of-mark-twain

## Who they are

A physician friend of the Clemens family.

## In the story

### [New York, January 15, 1906](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_autobiography_of_mark_twain_se/chapters/volume-i-new-york-january-15-1906)

Reverend Doctor Burton; warns Twain about the dangers of embellishing stories over time.

### [New York, Tuesday, February 13, 1906](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_autobiography_of_mark_twain_se/chapters/volume-ii-new-york-tuesday-february-13-1906)

Doctor Newton, the controversial healer who treated Livy Langdon's paralysis.

### [Wednesday, March 28, 1906](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_autobiography_of_mark_twain_se/chapters/volume-ii-wednesday-march-28-1906)

Referred to as Doctor Meredith, the family physician whose house Orion mistakenly entered.

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