# Dr. Norbury — The Eye of Osiris character guide

> Dr. Norbury in The Eye of Osiris by R. Austin Freeman.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Norbury, Doctor Norbury

**First appearance:** 0003-iv-legal-complications-and-a-jackal

## Snapshot

Dr. Norbury is the Egyptologist whose Berlin correspondence promises a lead on John Bellingham's movements abroad.

## Who they are

Norbury brings word of a letter from a German colleague who recalls an Englishman seen in Vienna, a thread Thorndyke wants Ruth and her father to pull. His scholarly connections open a possible continental trail just when the case seems closed by the discovery of a body. He matters because his information tests whether the dead man might still be alive — and whether Ruth's guilt is as certain as she believes.

## Relationships

### [John Thorndyke](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eye_of_osiris_se/characters/john_thorndyke)

_professional_

Dr. Norbury is a medical expert who collaborates with Thorndyke on forensic aspects of the case.

### [Ruth Bellingham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eye_of_osiris_se/characters/ruth_bellingham)

_professional_

Dr. Norbury attends to Ruth Bellingham as her physician, showing professional concern for her health.

### [John Thorndyke](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eye_of_osiris_se/characters/john_thorndyke)

_professional_

Dr. Norbury is a medical expert who collaborates with Thorndyke on forensic aspects of the case.

### [John Thorndyke](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eye_of_osiris_se/characters/john_thorndyke)

_professional_

Dr. Norbury is a medical expert who collaborates with Thorndyke on forensic aspects of the case.

### [Ruth Bellingham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eye_of_osiris_se/characters/ruth_bellingham)

_professional_

Dr. Norbury attends to Ruth Bellingham as her physician, showing professional concern for her health.

### [Ruth Bellingham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eye_of_osiris_se/characters/ruth_bellingham)

_professional_

Dr. Norbury attends to Ruth Bellingham as her physician, showing professional concern for her health.

## In the story

### [The Vanishing Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eye_of_osiris_se/chapters/i-the-vanishing-man)

British Museum official who inspected the mummy at John Bellingham's house.

### [The End of the Case](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eye_of_osiris_se/chapters/xx-the-end-of-the-case)

Notified by Thorndyke to remove the mummy to the Museum.

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