# Dr. Pughson — The Getting of Wisdom character guide

> Dr. Pughson in The Getting of Wisdom by Henry Handel Richardson.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0008-vi

## Who they are

The school's doctor, called in for student illnesses.

## In the story

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_getting_of_wisdom_se/chapters/xii)

Dr. Pughson stands among the teachers during the expulsion, part of the stern authority figures.

### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_getting_of_wisdom_se/chapters/xvii)

Dr. Pughson interrupts Laura's pantomime with a 'butcherly gibe' and sends her to the blackboard to work on the Seventh Proposition.

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