# Walter Besant — Twenty Years at Hull House character guide

> Walter Besant in Twenty Years at Hull House by Jane Addams.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Sir Walter Besant

**First appearance:** 0008-v-first-days-at-hull-house

## Who they are

British author and social reformer whose work influenced Addams.

## Relationships

### [Jane Addams](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_at_hull_house_se/characters/jane_addams)

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Walter Besant was a British novelist and social reformer whose writings on urban poverty inspired Addams' settlement work.

## In the story

### [Subjective Necessity for Social Settlements](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_at_hull_house_se/chapters/vi-subjective-necessity-for-social-settlements)

Quoted for his concept of 'the sense of humanity' as a vision akin to Peter's sheet let down from heaven.

### [The Value of Social Clubs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_at_hull_house_se/chapters/xv-the-value-of-social-clubs)

Sir Walter Besant praised Hull House as a 'Palace of Delight' and advised against over-education.

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