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Professor Krempe: character portrait from Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)

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Professor Krempe

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley1818

The gruff professor of natural philosophy at Ingolstadt who ridicules Victor's reading of the old alchemists.

Also known as: Krempe, M. Krempe

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Professor Krempe is a gruff teacher of natural philosophy at the University of Ingolstadt. Early in Victor Frankenstein’s studies there, he dismisses Victor’s interest in the writings of old alchemists and challenges the ideas that have shaped his education.

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