Tom Ayrton
| Tom Ayrton | |
|---|---|
| Voyages Extraordinaires character | |
Ayrton in Les Enfants du capitaine Grant | |
| First appearance | Les Enfants du capitaine Grant (1868) |
| Last appearance | L'Île mystérieuse (1874) |
| Created by | Jules Verne |
| In-universe information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Quartermaster |
| Nationality | Scottish |
Tom Ayrton is a fictional character who appears in two novels by French author Jules Verne. He is first introduced as a major character in the novel In Search of the Castaways (1867–1868). He then reappears in a later novel, The Mysterious Island (1875), in which his fate, left unknown at the ending of the previous novel, is resolved, and during the course of which his character undergoes change and achieves a redemption.