Dr. Charles Bartlesby

Dr. Bartlesby was a visiting professor at the Field Museum of Natural History. He appears in Dead Beat.

Biography
Dr. Bartlesby was found murdered at the Field Museum. There is a police investigation ongoing when Harry Dresden arrives following his own clues: magical hot spots.

Dresden listens in one talking with the museums' security man.

Dr. Bartlesby's was a visiting professor doing a details examination of the Kahokian artifacts, a traveling exhibit. He had two assistants: Alicia Nelson and Li Xian, apparently graduate students according the the Field Museum's security man being interviewed by police officer Henry Rawlins investigating Dr. Bartlesby murder.

Description
The Field Museum's security man described him as "Crotchety", and no one liked him very much, but not enough to kill him.