# Joseph Curwen — The Case of Charles Dexter Ward character guide

> Joseph Curwen in The Case of Charles Dexter Ward by H. P. Lovecraft.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Curwen, Joseph, Jos. Curwen, old Joseph Curwen

**First appearance:** 0003-ii-an-antecedent-and-a-horror

## Who they are

Charles's sinister ancestor, a 17th-century alchemist and sorcerer who sought immortality.

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