# Farmer Williams — The Vicar of Wakefield character guide

> Farmer Williams in The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Williams, Williams, honest Mr. Williams, Honest farmer Williams

**First appearance:** 0005-iv

## Who they are

A respectable farmer who courts Olivia before Mr. Thornhill.

## In the story

### [The Family Use Art, Which Is Opposed with Still Greater](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_wakefield_se/chapters/xvi)

A tenant who has made marriage proposals to Olivia, considered as a rival to Mr. Thornhill.

### [Chapter XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_wakefield_se/chapters/xxiii)

Offers friendship and renews his addresses to Olivia, but is rejected.

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