Robert Langdon (June 22, 1964 in Exeter, New Hampshire, United States) is a fictional professor of religious iconology and symbology at Harvard University who appeared in the Dan Brown novels Angels and Demons (2000) and The Da Vinci Code (2003). He is scheduled to be the lead character in an upcoming third novel tentatively entitled Widow's Son: The Solomon Key. Wikibooks has a book on the topic of Angels and Demons Angels and Demons (Angels & Demons) is a bestselling mystery novel by Dan Brown. ... This article is about the writer. ... Thomas Jeffrey Tom Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is a two-time Academy Award-, two-time Emmy-, four-time Golden Globe- and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning American film actor, director, voice-over artist, writer and film producer. ... is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ... Location in Rockingham County, New Hampshire Coordinates: Country United States State New Hampshire County Rockingham County Incorporated 1638  - Board of Selectmen Paul Binette, Chairman Robert Eastman Joe Pace William Campbell Lionel Ingram Area    - Town 51. ... For other uses, see New Hampshire (disambiguation). ... For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ... Location in Rockingham County, New Hampshire Coordinates: Country United States State New Hampshire County Rockingham County Incorporated 1638  - Board of Selectmen Paul Binette, Chairman Robert Eastman Joe Pace William Campbell Lionel Ingram Area    - Town 51. ... For other uses, see New Hampshire (disambiguation). ... A fictional character is any person, persona, identity, or entity whose existence originates from a work of fiction. ... The word “symbology” appears in several English dictionaries. ... Harvard redirects here. ... This article is about the writer. ... Wikibooks has a book on the topic of Angels and Demons Angels and Demons (Angels & Demons) is a bestselling mystery novel by Dan Brown. ... See also: 1999 in literature, other events of 2000, 2001 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Da Vinci Code is a mystery/detective novel by American author Dan Brown, published in 2003 by Doubleday. ... See also: 2002 in literature, other events of 2003, 2004 in literature, list of years in literature. ...

Tom Hanks portrayed Robert Langdon in the 2006 film adaptation of The Da Vinci Code, and will reprise the role in the upcoming Angels and Demons. Thomas Jeffrey Tom Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is a two-time Academy Award-, two-time Emmy-, four-time Golden Globe- and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning American film actor, director, voice-over artist, writer and film producer. ... The year 2006 in film involved some significant events. ... This article is about the film. ... Angels and Demons is an upcoming feature film based on the 2000 novel of the same name by Dan Brown. ...

Little background detail is given by Brown about Robert Langdon. In The Da Vinci Code, he is described as looking like "Harrison Ford in Harris tweed" [1]. He was a diver at Phillips Exeter in prep school and played water polo collegiately as well. He suffers from claustrophobia, the fear of enclosed spaces. In the film adaptation of The Da Vinci Code, Professor Langdon has nearly an eidetic memory and phenomenal problem-solving talents. For the silent film actor, see Harrison Ford (silent film actor). ... For other uses, see Dive. ... About Phillips Exeter Photo of the Academy Building Phillips Exeter Academy (also called Exeter or PEA) is a co-educational independent boarding school located on 471 acres (1. ... Water polo is a team water sport. ... Claustrophobia is an anxiety disorder that involves the fear of enclosed or confined spaces. ... Eidetic memory, photographic memory, or total recall, is the ability to recall images, sounds, or objects in memory with extreme accuracy and in seemingly abundant volume. ...

Robert Langdon was named after John Langdon,^[1] a professor of typography at Drexel University who is known for his creation of ambigrams, typographical designs that can be read in multiple ways; for example, both right side up and upside down. An example of Langdon’s ambigrams appeared on the cover of the first edition of Brown’s novel Angels & Demons. On the acknowledgments page, Brown calls Langdon “one of the most ingenious and gifted artists alive … who rose brilliantly to my impossible challenge and created the ambigrams for this novel.” John Langdon is an American graphic artist. ... Drexel University is an institution of higher learning and research located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... An animation of a rotationally symmetric ambigram for the word ambigram A mirror-image ambigram for the word Wiki A rotational ambigram for the word Wikipedia A 3-Dimensional ambigram of the letters A, B and C. An ambigram, also sometimes known as an inversion, is a graphical figure that...

Drexel’s Langdon also created the logo for the Depository Bank of Zurich, which appears in The Da Vinci Code movie.

Background

Angels and Demons

Robert Langdon is called to CERN headquarters in Switzerland to find out about the religious symbological implications of the death of CERN's finest and most well known scientist, Leonardo Vetra. When he starts to investigate the murder, his obsession for the subject history comes into play. Langdon is later joined in the investigation by Vittoria Vetra (Leonardo's daughter) and they start their journey to the Vatican to unlock the mystery behind the Illuminati, an anti-Christian secret society which, according to the plot, has deeply infiltrated many global institutions, political, economical and religious. Langdon and Vetra solve the mystery of the Illuminati by following the Path of Illumination and in so doing to explain the disappearances of four Cardinals during a papal conclave, the murder of Leonardo Vetra, and the theft of antimatter (a weapon that can be used for mass destruction). At the end of the novel Langdon ends up having a relationship with Vittoria Vetra. This relationship, however, is only mentioned briefly in the Da Vinci Code, mentioning the fact that Langdon had recently felt as though he was drifting apart from Vittoria. In the last few sentences of Angels and Demons, Vittoria Vetra asks him if he has ever had a divine experience. When he replies in the negative, Vittoria strips and quips, "You've never been to bed with a yoga master, have you?" CERN logo The European Organization for Nuclear Research (French: ), commonly known as CERN (see Naming), pronounced (or in French), is the worlds largest particle physics laboratory, situated just northwest of Geneva on the border between France and Switzerland. ... This article presents the essential definitions. ... A scientist, in the broadest sense, refers to any person that engages in a systematic activity to acquire knowledge or an individual that engages in such practices and traditions that are linked to schools of thought or philosophy. ... Leonardo Vetra is a fictional character in the 2000 novel Angels and Demons. ... Vittoria Vetra (or Victoria Vetra) is a fictional character in the 2000 novel Angels and Demons. ... For other uses, see Illuminati (disambiguation). ... For the Europe album, see Secret Society (Europe album). ... For other uses, see Cardinal (disambiguation). ... The Sistine Chapel is the location of the conclave since 1492. ... For other senses of this term, see antimatter (disambiguation). ...

The Da Vinci Code

In the beginning of The Da Vinci Code, Robert Langdon is in Paris to give a lecture on his work. Having made an appointment to meet with Jacques Saunière, the curator of the Louvre, he is startled to find the French police at his hotel room door. They inform him that Saunière has been murdered and they would like his immediate assistance at the Louvre to help them solve the crime. Unknown to Langdon, he is in fact the prime suspect in the murder and has been summoned to the scene of the crime so that the police may extract a confession from him. While he is in the Louvre, he meets Sophie Neveu, a young Cryptologist from the DCPJ. When Langdon and Sophie gets the chance to talk in private, he finds out that Jacques Saunière is her grandfather. Saunière instructs Sophie to 'Find Robert Langdon', according to the message he left for her in the floor, therefore, Sophie believes he is innocent for her grandfather's murder. This article is about the capital of France. ... Jacques Saunière is a character in the novel, The Da Vinci Code. ... A curator of a cultural heritage institution (e. ... This article is about the museum. ... Robert Langdon and Sophie Neveu (Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou) in the 2006 film The Da Vinci Code Sophie Neveu is a fictional character in the novel, The Da Vinci Code. ...

He spends the rest of the novel dodging the police and trying to solve the mystery of a secret ancient society which was led by Leonardo da Vinci himself, the Priory of Sion. At the end of the novel, Langdon uncovers the mystery behind Mary Magdalene and the Holy Grail. He and Sophie, on the other hand, are apparently falling in love with each other. In fact, they arrange to meet in Florence, Italy one month later. Prieuré de Sion, usually rendered in English translation as Priory of Sion or even Priory of Zion, is an elusive protagonist in many works of both non-fiction and fiction. ... This article is about the disciple of Jesus. ... For other uses, see Holy Grail (disambiguation). ...

References

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External links

• The official Robert Langdon website

See also

• Author surrogate
• The Da Vinci Code
• Angels and Demons
• Widow's Son: The Solomon Key
• Dan Brown