# Tertius Lydgate — Middlemarch character guide

> Tertius Lydgate in Middlemarch by George Eliot.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Mr. Lydgate, Lydgate, Doctor Lydgate, Tertius, young Lydgate

**First appearance:** 0010-vii

## Who they are

An ambitious young doctor who comes to Middlemarch to reform medical practice.

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