Elijah Baley

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detective fictional character human

Elijah Baley is a pragmatic, Earth-born human detective from Isaac Asimov’s Robot series, known for his partnership with the robot R. Daneel Olivaw in solving futuristic murder mysteries.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Elijah Baley canonical 18
Elijah Baley (in flashbacks and influence) 1
Elijah Baley and R. Daneel Olivaw 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf detective ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
human ⓘ
appearsIn Mirror Image ⓘ
The Caves of Steel ⓘ
The Naked Sun ⓘ
The Robots of Dawn ⓘ
associatedWith Spacer worlds ⓘ
positronic robots ⓘ
child Bentley Baley ⓘ
chronologicalPlacement millennia before the Foundation era ⓘ
citizenship New York City ⓘ
surface form: City of New York
creator Isaac Asimov ⓘ
employer New York City Police Department ⓘ
fears open spaces ⓘ
firstAppearance The Caves of Steel ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre science fiction ⓘ
hasAlly R. Daneel Olivaw ⓘ
surface form: Dr. Han Fastolfe
hasCondition agoraphobia ⓘ
hasSuperior Commissioner Julius Enderby ⓘ
homeWorld Earth ⓘ
influences future human–robot relations in Asimov’s universe ⓘ
investigates murder of a Spacer in Spacetown ⓘ
murder on the Spacer world Solaria ⓘ
robot-related case on Aurora ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
lastMajorAppearance The Robots of Dawn ⓘ
livesIn New York City ⓘ
enclosed city ⓘ
medium novel ⓘ
short story ⓘ
nationalityInStory American ⓘ
notableFor human–robot partnership with R. Daneel Olivaw ⓘ
investigating murders involving robots ⓘ
overcoming prejudice against robots ⓘ
occupation homicide detective ⓘ
police officer ⓘ
partner R. Daneel Olivaw ⓘ
personalityTrait anxious ⓘ
methodical ⓘ
pragmatic ⓘ
residenceType caves of steel (enclosed megacity) ⓘ
series Robot series ⓘ
setting future Earth ⓘ
shortStoryAppearance Mirror Image ⓘ
spouse Jessie Baley ⓘ
universe Foundation universe ⓘ
worksWith R. Daneel Olivaw ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Caves of Steel → mainCharacter → Elijah Baley ⓘ
The Caves of Steel → protagonist → Elijah Baley ⓘ
Robot series → featuresCharacter → Elijah Baley ⓘ
Robots and Empire → featuresCharacter → Elijah Baley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elijah Baley (in flashbacks and influence)
The Naked Sun → mainCharacter → Elijah Baley ⓘ
The Naked Sun → featuresDetectiveDuo → Elijah Baley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elijah Baley and R. Daneel Olivaw
The Robots of Dawn → mainCharacter → Elijah Baley ⓘ
The Robots of Dawn → hasHumanCharacter → Elijah Baley ⓘ
Solaria → associatedCharacter → Elijah Baley ⓘ
Jessie Baley → spouseOf → Elijah Baley ⓘ
R. Giskard Reventlov → associatedWith → Elijah Baley ⓘ
R. Daneel Olivaw → allyOf → Elijah Baley ⓘ
Julius Enderby → hasColleague → Elijah Baley ⓘ
Julius Enderby → supervises → Elijah Baley ⓘ
Gladia Delmarre → associatedWith → Elijah Baley ⓘ
Dr. Delmarre → investigatedBy → Elijah Baley ⓘ
Gruer → associatedWithCharacter → Elijah Baley ⓘ
D.G. Baley → isDescendantOf → Elijah Baley ⓘ
D.G. Baley → ancestor → Elijah Baley ⓘ
D.G. Baley → relatedTo → Elijah Baley ⓘ