William Samuel Harris

William Samuel Harris, addressed by his friends simply as Harris, is a fictional character created by Jerome K. Jerome for his novel Three Men in a Boat. He was based on Carl Hentschel, a printer who was a friend of the author Jerome. The humorous trio of hypochondriacs reappear in the sequel Three Men and a Bummel.

Harris in "Three Men and a Vampire"
Harris and his friends had many comic misadventures, recorded in a travel memoir by his friend Jerome. However, their brushes with the supernatural are somewhat lesser known.