John Langdon (typographer) Langdon is known mostly through his association with Dan Brown, and the novels "Angels & Demons", "The Da Vinci Code," "The Lost Symbol, Inferno, and Origin". The protagonist of these novels was named Robert Langdon as a tribute to John Langdon, and he will continue to be so for his next 12 books, an estimate given by Dan Brown himself. Langdon is now a professor of typography and corporate identity at Drexel University in Philadelphia. He continues to do work on ambigrams, as well and fine art works that incorporate language, type, and philosophy. Langdon credits his paternal grandparents for
Dr. Livesey (character) brave and cool headed—qualities that win the day against the cunning and ruthlessness of his formidable adversary Silver. Dr. Livesey (character) Dr. David Livesey is a fictional character in the novel "Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson. As well as doctor, he is a magistrate, an important man in the rural society of southwest England, where the story opens; his social position is marked by his always wearing a white wig—even in the harsh conditions of the island on which the adventure takes place. Some years previously, he had fought in the Battle of Fontenoy, in which the British army