# The Iron Heel — Character guide

> Key figures in The Iron Heel by Jack London.

- [Ernest Everhard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_iron_heel_se/characters/ernest_everhard.md): A horseshoer turned revolutionary whose quiet, almost stolid bearing conceals a mind that dismantles the Oligarchy's logic in public debate.
- [Avis Everhard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_iron_heel_se/characters/avis_everhard.md): A professor's daughter who trades university-town comfort for four rooms in a San Francisco slum and a life inside the Revolution's storm.
- [Bishop Morehouse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_iron_heel_se/characters/bishop_morehouse.md): A clergyman whose Christian conscience collides with the Oligarchy's demands, forcing him to choose between his pulpit and his principles.
- [Jackson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_iron_heel_se/characters/jackson.md): A meek mill hand whose arm is chewed off by machinery just before whistle-blow, and whose lost damage suit becomes a quiet indictment.
- [Colonel Van Gilbert](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_iron_heel_se/characters/colonel_van_gilbert.md): The nation's most celebrated corporation lawyer, whose polished irony and half-million-dollar fees make him the Oligarchy's velvet glove.
- [Philip Wickson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_iron_heel_se/characters/philip_wickson.md): A young industrialist's heir captured by revolutionists who decide, instead of killing him, to keep him and educate him in their ethics.
- [Colonel Ingram](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_iron_heel_se/characters/colonel_ingram.md): A military officer and member of the oligarchic class.
- [Mr. Calvin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_iron_heel_se/characters/mr_calvin.md): A businessman and member of the Philomaths club.
- [Dr. Hammerfield](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_iron_heel_se/characters/dr_hammerfield.md): A scientist and intellectual who debates with Ernest.
- [Biedenbach](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_iron_heel_se/characters/biedenbach.md): A socialist comrade and associate of Ernest.
- [John Carlson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_iron_heel_se/characters/john_carlson.md): A working-class man and socialist supporter.
- [Peter Donnelly](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_iron_heel_se/characters/peter_donnelly.md): A labor leader and socialist organizer.
- [Garthwaite](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_iron_heel_se/characters/garthwaite.md): A member of the Philomaths club.
- [Mr. Asmunsen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_iron_heel_se/characters/mr_asmunsen.md): A businessman and member of the Philomaths.
- [Hartman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_iron_heel_se/characters/hartman.md): A socialist comrade and associate of Ernest.
- [Miss Brentwood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_iron_heel_se/characters/miss_brentwood.md): A young woman who attends the Philomaths meeting.
- [Mr. Kowalt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_iron_heel_se/characters/mr_kowalt.md): A socialist comrade and associate of Ernest.
- [Mary McKenna](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_iron_heel_se/characters/mary_mckenna.md): A working-class woman and socialist supporter.
- [Anna Roylston](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_iron_heel_se/characters/anna_roylston.md): A socialist comrade and associate of Ernest.
- [Owen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_iron_heel_se/characters/owen.md): A socialist comrade and associate of Ernest.
- [Rudolph Mendenhall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_iron_heel_se/characters/rudolph_mendenhall.md): A socialist comrade and associate of Ernest.
- [Arthur Simpson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_iron_heel_se/characters/arthur_simpson.md): A socialist comrade and associate of Ernest.
- [Timothy Donnelly](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_iron_heel_se/characters/timothy_donnelly.md): A socialist comrade and associate of Ernest.
- [John Cunningham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_iron_heel_se/characters/john_cunningham.md): A socialist comrade and associate of Ernest.
- [Mrs. Wickson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_iron_heel_se/characters/mrs_wickson.md): The wife of Philip Wickson.
- [Mrs. Pertonwaithe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_iron_heel_se/characters/mrs_pertonwaithe.md): A society woman who attends the Philomaths meeting.
- [O'Connor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_iron_heel_se/characters/o_connor.md): A socialist comrade and associate of Ernest.
- [Wilcox](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_iron_heel_se/characters/wilcox.md): A socialist comrade and associate of Ernest.

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