# Professor Beddingfeld — The Man in the Brown Suit character guide

> Professor Beddingfeld in The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the late Professor Beddingfeld

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Who they are

Anne's deceased father, an archaeologist whose work influences the plot.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_man_in_the_brown_suit_se/chapters/i)

Anne's father, a famous but absent-minded scholar of primitive man; dies of pneumonia after a cave expedition.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_man_in_the_brown_suit_se/chapters/ii)

Anne's deceased father, a great scientist but poor businessman, whose death sets the story in motion.

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