He only appears within the poem, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haddocks%27_Eyes "Haddocks' Eyes"] that the White Knight recites to Alice in chapter VIII. According to the poem, the Knight met the Aged Man sitting atop a gate in a field and questioned him as to his profession. The Man responds with a long list of absurd occupations, including making waistcoat buttons from the eyes of haddocks and digging for buttered rolls.

The last stanza closes by describing him as:

:"...that old man I used to know--
:Whose look was mild, whose speech was slow
:Whose hair was whiter than the snow,
:Whose face was very like a crow,
:With eyes, like cinders, all aglow,
:Who seemed distracted with his woe,
:Who rocked his body to and fro,
:And muttered mumblingly and low,
:As if his mouth were full of dough..."

The Aged Man represents the White King's bishop.

*Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There

*[http://aliceinwonderland.wikia.com/wiki/The_Aged_Man Alice in Wonderland Wiki]
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