# Tom Outland — The Professor’s House character guide

> Tom Outland in The Professor’s House by Willa Cather.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Outland, young Outland

**First appearance:** 0003-book-i-the-family

## Who they are

Brilliant former student of St. Peter, now deceased, whose discovery and invention shape the lives of others.

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