# Doctor Crump — The Wonderful Visit character guide > Doctor Crump in The Wonderful Visit by H. G. Wells. **Role:** supporting **Also known as:** Crump, XLI Doctor Crump **First appearance:** 0014-xiii-the-man-of-science ## Snapshot A pipe-smoking parish doctor who measures out exactly two ounces of tobacco a week and has no patience for anything he cannot certify, dose, or dismiss. ## Who they are Crump finds the Angel trespassing by the Sidder and treats him as either a lunatic at large or a knave, offering to certify him insane to get him out of the village. His real worry is the Vicar, whom he believes is being hypnotized into monomania by a fraud. He matters because he gives the story its hardest skeptical voice, and because his threat to act turns the Angel's stay from an embarrassment into a countdown. ## Relationships ### [The Angel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_visit_se/characters/the_angel) _professional_ Doctor Crump treats the Angel as a medical curiosity, applying his scientific skepticism to explain the Angel's nature. ### [The Vicar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_visit_se/characters/the_vicar) _professional_ Doctor Crump and the Vicar have a collegial but often contentious relationship, debating the Angel's origins and meaning. ### [Mr. Hilyer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_visit_se/characters/mr_hilyer) _professional_ Doctor Crump and Mr. Hilyer are fellow professionals who discuss the Angel as a scientific anomaly. ### [The Angel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_visit_se/characters/the_angel) _professional_ Doctor Crump treats the Angel as a medical curiosity, applying his scientific skepticism to explain the Angel's nature. ### [The Angel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_visit_se/characters/the_angel) _professional_ Doctor Crump treats the Angel as a medical curiosity, applying his scientific skepticism to explain the Angel's nature. ### [The Vicar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_visit_se/characters/the_vicar) _professional_ Doctor Crump and the Vicar have a collegial but often contentious relationship, debating the Angel's origins and meaning. ### [The Vicar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_visit_se/characters/the_vicar) _professional_ Doctor Crump and the Vicar have a collegial but often contentious relationship, debating the Angel's origins and meaning. ### [Mr. Hilyer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_visit_se/characters/mr_hilyer) _professional_ Doctor Crump and Mr. Hilyer are fellow professionals who discuss the Angel as a scientific anomaly. ## In the story ### [The Wonderful Visit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_visit_se/chapters/the-wonderful-visit) The skeptical doctor who dismisses the angel as a natural phenomenon. ### [XII: At the Vicarage (Continued)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_visit_se/chapters/xii-at-the-vicarage-continued) Mentioned as being summoned to attend to the Angel's bandages. ### [XIII: The Man of Science](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_visit_se/chapters/xiii-the-man-of-science) Arrives and examines the Angel's wound and wings with scientific detachment, suggesting amputation of the wings. ### [XIV: The Man of Science (Continued)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_visit_se/chapters/xiv-the-man-of-science-continued) Dismisses the Angel as a natural, abnormal phenomenon, attributing the Vicar's story to heat, digestion, and self-hypnotism. He labels the Angel a 'mattoid' and advises weighing evidence with precision. ### [XV: The Curate](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_visit_se/chapters/xv-the-curate) Passes the curate on his way out of the vicarage, briefly mentioned as having left just before Mendham's arrival. ### [XXVII: The Angel Explores the Village (Continued)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_visit_se/chapters/xxvii-the-angel-explores-the-village-continued) Intervenes to stop the boys' harassment and escorts the Angel to his surgery for wound redressing. ### [XXVIII: Lady Hammergallow's View](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_visit_se/chapters/xxviii-lady-hammergallow-s-view) Listed among those whose accounts of the Angel confused Lady Hammergallow. ### [XXIX: Further Adventures of the Angel in the Village](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_visit_se/chapters/xxix-further-adventures-of-the-angel-in-the-village) Hosts the Angel for lunch, tests his story with skeptical questions, and shows him a parish magazine illustration of angels. ### [XL: Delia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_visit_se/chapters/xl-delia) Mentioned as a scientific authority who would dismiss Delia's tears as a nervous condition. ### [XLI: Doctor Crump Acts](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_visit_se/chapters/xli-doctor-crump-acts) Acts as the medical adviser of the parish, threatening the Angel with prison or a madhouse if he does not leave the village. ### [XLIX: The Last Day of the Visit (Continued)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_visit_se/chapters/xlix-the-last-day-of-the-visit-continued) Referenced by Sir John Gotch as being right about the Angel. ### [LI: The Last Day of the Visit (Continued)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_visit_se/chapters/li-the-last-day-of-the-visit-continued) Also witnesses the Angel's final moment against the blaze. ### [LII: The Last Day of the Visit (Continued)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_visit_se/chapters/lii-the-last-day-of-the-visit-continued) Treats little Hetty Penzance after the fire with a fattening dietary and medicine. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_visit_se/characters/doctor_crump - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_visit_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_visit_se/characters