# Tom Brown’s School Days — Character guide

> Key figures in Tom Brown’s School Days by Thomas Hughes.

- [Tom Brown](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tom_brown_s_school_days_se/characters/tom_brown.md): Tom enters Rugby as a hearty, reckless boy whose chief ambitions are football, fishing, and keeping his end up among the Schoolhouse set. His warm heart collides with his impatience when the matron saddles him with a fra
- [George Arthur](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tom_brown_s_school_days_se/characters/george_arthur.md): Arthur arrives at Rugby delicate, timid, and utterly unprepared for the noise and bullying of a public school, agreeing with everything Tom says until Tom can hardly bear it. His mother's new curtains and sofa make him a
- [Harry East](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tom_brown_s_school_days_se/characters/harry_east.md): East is the friend Tom had counted on sharing Gray's study with, plotting night-lines, slings, and expeditions to Brownsover Mills and Caldecott's Spinney. When Arthur is thrust into the partnership instead, East takes t
- [Dr. Arnold](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tom_brown_s_school_days_se/characters/the_doctor.md): Dr. Arnold governs the Schoolhouse less by rules than by the force of his character, so that a summons to tea with the Doctor is a small social coronation for a boy like Tom. His wife arranges the chumming of Arthur with
- [Flashman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tom_brown_s_school_days_se/characters/flashman.md): Flashman torments younger boys, sets the fifth form against Tom and East, and proves that a bully's real weapon is not his fists but the dirt he can throw until some of it sticks. When Diggs insists on fair play and the 
- [Brooke](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tom_brown_s_school_days_se/characters/brooke.md): The Brookes represent the best of what Rugby can produce: strength, leadership, and the respect of the house, a standard the younger boys absorb without ever being lectured about it. Tom and East grow up in the shadow of
- [Martin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tom_brown_s_school_days_se/characters/martin.md): Martin belongs to the quieter, more sensitive fringe of Rugby's boisterous society, where his devotion to birds and natural history marks him as different from the cricket-and-fighting crowd. His kindness and eccentricit
- [Squire Brown](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tom_brown_s_school_days_se/characters/squire_brown.md): Tom's father, a wise and affectionate country gentleman who sends Tom to Rugby.
- [Benjamin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tom_brown_s_school_days_se/characters/benjamin.md): An old family servant of the Browns, devoted and fond of Tom.
- [Diggs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tom_brown_s_school_days_se/characters/diggs.md): An older student known for his relentless teasing and practical jokes.
- [Jack Raggles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tom_brown_s_school_days_se/characters/jack_raggles.md): A rough village boy who becomes a runner and later a soldier.
- [Crab Jones](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tom_brown_s_school_days_se/characters/crab_jones.md): A sly and manipulative schoolboy known for his cunning.
- [Harry Winburn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tom_brown_s_school_days_se/characters/harry_winburn.md): A local boy from the veast (village feast) who interacts with Tom.
- [Charity Lamb](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tom_brown_s_school_days_se/characters/charity_lamb.md): A servant or village woman mentioned in passing.
- [Stumps](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tom_brown_s_school_days_se/characters/stumps.md): A schoolboy with a nickname, part of the Rugby crowd.
- [Farmer Ives](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tom_brown_s_school_days_se/characters/farmer_ives.md): A local farmer who appears at the village feast.
- [Mrs. Brown](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tom_brown_s_school_days_se/characters/mrs_brown.md): Tom's mother, a gentle and caring presence at home.
- [Warner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tom_brown_s_school_days_se/characters/warner.md): A schoolboy mentioned among the Rugby students.
- [Thomas Ingoldsby](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tom_brown_s_school_days_se/characters/thomas_ingoldsby.md): A minor character or allusion, possibly a younger boy.
- [Gower](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tom_brown_s_school_days_se/characters/gower.md): A schoolboy mentioned among the Rugby students.
- [Keeper](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tom_brown_s_school_days_se/characters/keeper.md): A dog or animal mentioned in the story.
- [Jacob Dodson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tom_brown_s_school_days_se/characters/jacob_dodson.md): A village character mentioned in passing.

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