Professor Challenger
Fictional character by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the British pilot and aircraft designer, see George Henry Challenger.
George Edward Challenger is a fictional character in a series of fantasy and science fiction stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Unlike Doyle's self-controlled, analytical character, Sherlock Holmes, Professor Challenger is an aggressive, hot-tempered, dominating figure.
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Created by | Arthur Conan Doyle |
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Gender | Male |
Nationality | Scottish |
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Like Sherlock Holmes, Professor Challenger was based on a real person—in this case, two people: an explorer named Percy Fawcett, who was Doyle's friend; and a professor of physiology named William Rutherford, who had lectured at the University of Edinburgh while Conan Doyle studied medicine there.[1][2]