# Fitzroy McPherson — The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes character guide

> Fitzroy McPherson in The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** McPherson, Fitzroy

**First appearance:** 0010-the-adventure-of-the-lion-s-mane

## Who they are

A young science master whose dying cry of 'the lion's mane' leaves Holmes with one of his strangest puzzles.

## In the story

### [The Adventure of the Lion's Mane](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_casebook_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-adventure-of-the-lion-s-mane)

Science master at The Gables; dies on the beach after being stung by a lion's mane jellyfish; his dying words provide the key clue.

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