Whipple, Dr. Elihub. 1838. d. 1925-6. A sane, conservative physician of the old school and the antiquarian, bachelor uncle of the narrator. An amateur local historian, he had often jousted with guardians of tradition: S.S. Rider and T.W. Bicknell. He was a white
haired, clean shaven man and lived on North Court Street. He had served as a doctor during the Civil War. His investigation into the Cthulhu Cult produced an interesting treatise and may have lead to his mysterious death in the winter of 1925-6. His
nephew executed his will in 1926 and continued the investigations, for which he believes he will also be murdered.[The Shunned House - H.P.L.]