Elijah Baley
Elijah Baley is a fictional character in Isaac Asimov's Robot series. He is a "plain-clothesman," a homicide detective.
He is the main character of The Caves of Steel, The Naked Sun, The Robots of Dawn, and the short story "The Mirror Image". He is talked about heavily in Robots and Empire, which is set several hundred years after his death.
In The Caves of Steel, he is called to help solve the murder of a Spacer. The Spacers assign to him a robot partner, R. Daneel Olivaw, with whom he becomes a life-long friend. Later, in the Robots of Dawn, he realizes R. Giskard's telepathic abilities long before anyone else does. Giskard modifies his mind to prevent Baley from being able to tell anyone.
Although not explicitly mentioned in the text, from analysis it is possible to determine the years of his birth and his death. He was born in 4679, and died in 4762.
He used the expression "Jehoshaphat!" when he got emotional.
Jezebel Baley was his wife, and Bentley Baley was his son.
