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[[File:Collier-s-1904-09-24-p15-3stu-illu2.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Young Gilchrist ([[Collier's]], 24 september 1904)]]

Fictional character.


== In the Sherlock Holmes stories ==

* Gilchrist was a student at the College of St. Luke's. He was hard-working and industrious ([[3STU]] {{refcanon|3STU|219}}), a fine scholar and athlete; played in the Rugby team and the cricket team and got his Blue for the hurdles and the long jump. ([[3STU]] {{refcanon|3STU|216}}).

* He was a tall, flaxen-haired, slim young fellow ([[3STU]] {{refcanon|3STU|303}}), and was the son of the notorious [[Sir Jabez Gilchrist]] ([[3STU]] {{refcanon|3STU|218}}).

* Gilchrist was suspected and proven to be the culprit who entered [[Hilton Soames]]'s room and copied the unseen Greek paper. [[Sherlock Holmes]] fixed on him because his unusual height let him see the proofs through the window and because he was a long-jump athlete — his spiked shoes explained the cut in the red-leather table and the black, putty-like "pyramids" of clay (from the jumping-pit) found in the study and bedroom. He ultimately confessed what he did ([[3STU]] {{refcanon|3STU|501}}).

* After his confession, he decided not to go in for the examination. He had been offered a commission in the Rhodesian Police, and was going out to South Africa ([[3STU]] {{refcanon|3STU|508}}). 







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