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[[File:Havelock.jpg|thumb|Havelock.]]'''Havelock''' (? - ?) is a [[mathematician]], philosopher, and alleged [[Superhero (nonfiction)|superhero]].
[[File:Havelock.jpg|thumb|Havelock.]]'''John Havelock''', often referred to as '''Judge Havelock''' or simply '''Havelock''', is a [[mathematician]] alleged time-traveler, usually found in the town of [[Periphery (town)|Periphery]] between 1801 and 1911.  


He allegedly possesses with the power to settling Fate-related disputes between two other people (or other sentient entities).
His time-traveling ability, and apparent immortality, result from his addiction to [[Extract of Radium]].


These two others will make a mutual pact which will result in one of their Fates (or "dreams") coming true, and the other dream coming to nothing.
He is sometimes referred to as "The man who doesn't get killed," because of his habit of playing Russian Roulette for money.


The pact requires them to make Havelock "decide" which dream "lives", and which dream "dies".
== In the News ==


Havelock has always sworn that he does not decide or choose which dream or destiny lives.
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File:Your_Gun,_My_Head.jpg|link=Your Gun, My Head|The "[[Your Gun, My Head]]" scene from ''[[Bargain (nonfiction)|Bargain]]''.


He is sometimes referred to as "The man who doesn't get killed," because all of the many attempts on his life have miscarried and failed.
File:John Havelock and Henri Poincaré.jpg|link=John Havelock and Henri Poincaré|1892: Mathematicians [[John Havelock and Henri Poincaré|John Havelock and Henri Poincaré]] co-publish a pioneering paper on applications of [[Gnomon algorithm]] functions to the early detection of emergent catastrophic events, forecasting the [[Chernobyl disaster (nonfiction)|Chernobyl disaster]] to within 98.37% accuracy.


== In the News ==
File:Carnevale Tenebre vise logo.jpg|link=Carnevale Tenebre|1906: New sideshow at [[Carnevale Tenebre]] is "fronting all kinds of [[math crimes]]," says mathematician and alleged immortal John Havelock.
 
File:Clock Head (da Vinci version).jpg|link=Clock Head|[[Clock Head]] advises Judge Havelock to drink less [[Extract of Radium]], less often.
 
File:Asclepius Myrmidon Prepares for Emergency Field Surgery.jpg|link=Asclepius Myrmidon Prepares for Emergency Field Surgery|''[[Asclepius Myrmidon Prepares for Emergency Field Surgery]]'' "is probably accurate, although I am dead at the time," says Havelock.


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File:Asclepius Myrmidon Prepares for Emergency Field Surgery.jpg|link=Asclepius Myrmidon Prepares for Emergency Field Surgery|''[[Asclepius Myrmidon Prepares for Emergency Field Surgery]]'' "is probably accurate, although I am dead at the time," says [[Havelock]].
File:Havelock_and_Tesla_telecommunications_research.jpg|link=Havelock and Tesla Research Telecommunication|Havelock and [[Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|Nikola Tesla]] share Nobel Prize in Physics for [[Havelock and Tesla Research Telecommunication|research into electrical field modulation and data transmission]].
File:Havelock_and_Tesla_telecommunications_research.jpg|link=Havelock and Tesla Research Telecommunication|Havelock and [[Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|Nikola Tesla]] share Nobel Prize in Physics for [[Havelock and Tesla Research Telecommunication|research into electrical field modulation and data transmission]].
File:Nikolai Tesla 1896.jpg|link=Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|Electrical engineer [[Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|Nikola Tesla]] invites Havelock to collaborate on electric transmission project.
 
File:Mountain vendetta.jpg|Mountain vendetta. The prone figure in the foreground is Havelock, the only person is this picture who survived the event.
File:Nikola Tesla 1896.jpg|link=Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|Electrical engineer [[Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|Nikola Tesla]] invites Havelock to collaborate on electric transmission project.
 
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== Fiction cross-reference ==
== Fiction cross-reference ==


* [[Baron Zersetzung]] - hostile colleague
* [[Clock Head]] - ally
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Havelock interview]]
* [[Havelock interview]]
* ''[[Havelock Plays Russian Roulette]]''
* [[Hollerith]]
* [[Hollerith]]
* ''[[John Havelock and Henri Poincaré]]''
* [[Luck-monger]]
* [[Luck-monger]]
* [[Periphery (town)]]
* [[Salvatore]]
* [[Salvatore]]
* [[The Patrick Device]]
* [[The Patrick Device]]
* [[Traversal]]
* [[Your Gun, My Head]]


== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==


* [[Gnomon Algorithm (nonfiction)]]
* [[Edmund Burke (nonfiction)]]
* [[Havelock interview]]
* [[Hollerith (nonfiction)]]
* [[Patrick Ladwig (nonfiction)]]
* [[Patrick Ladwig (nonfiction)]]


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[[Category:Fictional characters (nonfiction)]]
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Latest revision as of 16:16, 19 January 2023

Havelock.

John Havelock, often referred to as Judge Havelock or simply Havelock, is a mathematician alleged time-traveler, usually found in the town of Periphery between 1801 and 1911.

His time-traveling ability, and apparent immortality, result from his addiction to Extract of Radium.

He is sometimes referred to as "The man who doesn't get killed," because of his habit of playing Russian Roulette for money.

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference