Reginal Jeeves is a fictional character in the short stories and novels of P. G. Wodehouse, being the "gentleman's personal gentleman" (valet) of Bertie Wooster. Created in 1915 and named in the title of most of his stories since 1916 and most of his books from 1919 to 1974, he is Wodehouse's most famous character. Jeeves has come to be seen as the quintessential example of his profession, inspiring many famous similar characters, and the name of Internet search engine Ask Jeeves. A "Jeeves" is now a generic term in references such as the Oxford English Dictionary.