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| He took up position after the previous bursar was killed in '']''. His name is Professer AA Dinwiddie, DM(7th), D.Thau., B.Occ., M.Coll., but, like most of the faculty, he is generally referred to by his title. | He took up position after the previous bursar was killed in '']''. His name is Professer AA Dinwiddie, DM(7th), D.Thau., B.Occ., M.Coll., but, like most of the faculty, he is generally referred to by his title. | ||
| The Bursar is a quiet, reserved person, who took the job of University treasurer because he had an affinity for numbers and there was less competition for the role than other faculty posts. He expected to spend the rest of his life quietly adding up rows of figures. Unfortunately, shortly after he became the Bursar, ] was appointed Archchancellor. The brashness of Ridcully's personality wore away at the Bursar, a man who's idea of excitement was a soft-boiled egg, and Dr Dinwiddie is now almost conmpletely insane. He is kept apparently sane by experimental dosages of ], though the effect is sometimes erratic. The pills are actually ]s, the intent being that he hallucinates he is sane. | The Bursar is a quiet, reserved person, who took the job of University treasurer because he had an affinity for numbers and there was less competition for the role than other faculty posts. He expected to spend the rest of his life quietly adding up rows of figures. Unfortunately, shortly after he became the Bursar, ] was appointed Archchancellor. The brashness of Ridcully's personality wore away at the Bursar, a man who's idea of excitement was a soft-boiled egg, and Dr Dinwiddie is now almost conmpletely insane. He is kept apparently sane by experimental dosages of ], though the effect is sometimes erratic. The pills are actually ]s, the intent being that he hallucinates he is sane. | ||
| He has some talent for survival (see: '']'', '']'' I&II) and is widely accounted as a nervovore i.e. someone living on his own nerves. It has also been observed that no matter how detatched from reality he gets, he retains his skill with numbers (in fact he is possibly the only person on the Discworld who understands ]s, since much of what he's familiar with is imaginary). | He has some talent for survival (see: '']'', '']'' I&II) and is widely accounted as a nervovore i.e. someone living on his own nerves. It has also been observed that no matter how detatched from reality he gets, he retains his skill with numbers (in fact he is possibly the only person on the Discworld who understands ]s, since much of what he's familiar with is imaginary). | ||
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The Bursar is a faculty member of Unseen University in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels.
He took up position after the previous bursar was killed in Sourcery. His name is Professer AA Dinwiddie, DM(7th), D.Thau., B.Occ., M.Coll., but, like most of the faculty, he is generally referred to by his title.
The Bursar is a quiet, reserved person, who took the job of University treasurer because he had an affinity for numbers and there was less competition for the role than other faculty posts. He expected to spend the rest of his life quietly adding up rows of figures. Unfortunately, shortly after he became the Bursar, Mustrum Ridcully was appointed Archchancellor. The brashness of Ridcully's personality wore away at the Bursar, a man who's idea of excitement was a soft-boiled egg, and Dr Dinwiddie is now almost conmpletely insane. He is kept apparently sane by experimental dosages of dried frog pills, though the effect is sometimes erratic. The pills are actually hallucinogens, the intent being that he hallucinates he is sane.
He has some talent for survival (see: Lords and Ladies, The Science of Discworld I&II) and is widely accounted as a nervovore i.e. someone living on his own nerves. It has also been observed that no matter how detatched from reality he gets, he retains his skill with numbers (in fact he is possibly the only person on the Discworld who understands imaginary numbers, since much of what he's familiar with is imaginary).
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