M. Waldman

A professor at Ingolstadt about fifty years old, with a short but erect bearing, grey-flecked temples, dark hair, and an unusually sweet voice, whose public lecture recapitulating the history of chemistry and praising modern achievements deeply inspired Victor to devote himself to science. In private he was mild and attractive, telling Victor that ancient alchemists like Cornelius Agrippa and Paracelsus had laid the foundations of modern knowledge, and he gave Victor advice and access to his laboratory.

A professor at Ingolstadt about fifty years old, with a short but erect bearing, grey-flecked temples, dark hair, and an unusually sweet voice, whose public lecture recapitulating the history of chemistry and praising modern achievements deeply inspired Victor to devote himself to science. In private he was mild and attractive, telling Victor that ancient alchemists like Cornelius Agrippa and Paracelsus had laid the foundations of modern knowledge, and gave Victor advice and access to his laboratory; over Victor's subsequent two years of intense study, Waldman expressed heartfelt exultation at his progress and became regarded by Victor as a true friend.

A professor at Ingolstadt of about fifty, erect bearing, grey-flecked temples, dark hair, and a sweet voice, whose lecture praising modern chemistry inspired Victor to devote himself to science; privately mild and attractive, he credited alchemists like Agrippa and Paracelsus with laying modern science's foundations, gave Victor lab access and advice, and over two years expressed heartfelt exultation at his progress, becoming a true friend to Victor. Now, his warm praise of Victor's astonishing scientific progress unwittingly tortures Victor (who has come to loathe the subject since creating the creature), and misreading Victor's discomfort as modesty, Waldman presses further into the science to draw him out.