Please give me a character sketch of Mr. Keith.

Merton Spencer Keith (1851-1920) became Helen’s tutor after she left the Cambridge School for Young Ladies and its principal, Arthur Gilman. She still had much studying to do before she could take the entrance exams to get into Radcliffe College. Helen talks about these challenges in Chapter 19. Mr. Keith, who lived in Cambridge and was a Harvard graduate himself (Class of 1872), became her personal tutor. At first, in early 1898, Helen and Anne Sullivan lived with friends in Wrentham, southwest of Boston. Mr. Keith made the trip here twice a week to teach Helen algebra, geometry, Greek, and Latin. After Helen and Anne moved back to Boston in October 1898, Mr. Keith saw Helen five times a week. He guided her in independent study and took as much time as was necessary for Helen to understand the subject matter. He must have been both an intelligent and patient teacher, for he always had to use Anne Sullivan as an intermediary communicator. This was exactly the kind of instruction and coaching Helen needed at the time. She could study on her own and then interact one-on-one with a tutor, instead of being immersed in a class with other students and only gaining part of the instructor’s attention. It was due to Mr. Keith’s work with Helen that she passed her college entrance exams.