# Roscoe — The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. character guide

> Roscoe in The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. by Washington Irving.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Roscoe

**First appearance:** 0005-roscoe

## Who they are

A historian and author admired by the narrator in Liverpool.

## In the story

### [Roscoe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sketchbook_of_geoffrey_crayon_gent_se/chapters/roscoe)

The historian and poet encountered at the Athenaeum; a figure of literary genius who rose from humble beginnings and later faced financial ruin, losing his library.

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