Who is Dr. Henry Van Dyke from A Grain of Wheat and what is their importance? A_Grain_of_Wheat English & Literature Dr. Henry Van Dyke | A Grain of Wheat

Dr. Van Dyke is a drunken meteorologist who has an affair with Margery Thompson. Van Dyke is killed by a train, and people wonder if he went through with his threat to commit suicide if Kenyatta were freed.