Professor Smith

Professor Smith invited the characters to his Challenger Lecture on Wednesday night. rofessor Julius Arthur Smith is 59, a heavy-set Englishman, a scholar who now devotes himself entirely to research. He is famed for his whiskers and great curling moustaches that give him the air of a friendly walrus. His disgusting preferences in tobaccos, his erudite after-dinner stories, and his hearty laugh are trademarks.
Dr. Smith has lived and traveled extensively on the Continent. His specialties are European languages and archaeology. Now his attention has shifted to matters parapsychological, with excellent result. The professor maintains a town house in St. John’s Wood, where he resides when in London. At present it is undergoing renovation, to enlarge his library. When in London, Smith spends most of his time lecturing at the University of London or reading at the British Museum library. He is a member at the Oriental Club, but does not get there as often as he would like. His country home is an estate not far from Cambridge. Margaret, his wife, died in 1919. These days his manservant Beddows, who is at once friend, assistant, and confidant, is his only companion.