St. John Rivers

"I honour endurance, perseverance, industry, talent, because these are the means by which men achieve great ends and mount lofty eminence"

- Chapter 32

St. John Rivers (pronounced sin-jin) is a major character in Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre. He is the brother of Mary and Diana Rivers and the cousin of Jane Eyre.

After he meets his cousin Jane, he offers her a home and a teaching position, and tried to have Jane as his wife as he prepares for a missionary trip to India.