Watson as the narrator and tells briefly of how he came to know Sherlock Holmes. Holmes’ character was partially modelled on his university teacher Joseph Bell, whom he cites as an inspiration for the deduction, inference and observation skills he transferred to Sherlock Holmes. Conan Doyle’s last words were directed to his wife, and are said to be: “You are wonderful.” His epitaph reads: “Steel true/Blade straight/Arthur Conan Doyle/Knight/Patriot, physician & man of letters.” The Inception of a Great SeriesĪs mentioned earlier, the Sherlock Holmes series started in 1887 with the publication of A Study in Scarlet. His religious views were controversial, him declaring himself as an agnostic despite his Catholic upbringing. He fathered five children to two wives, but while being in love with his second wife, Jean Elizabeth Leckie, their relationship was purely platonic until his first wife, Louise Hawkins, died of tuberculosis. Bits of a Formidable CharacterĪrthur Conan Doyle can with today’s eyes be seen as a man of strong moral composition and endless fortitude. His other works take on different themes, including historical works on the Boer war and even esoteric books on spiritualism. His Sherlock Holmes oeuvre spans 56 short stories and 4 novels that focus on the life and adventures of the most famous resident of Baker’s Street. The first Sherlock Holmes story he wrote, A Study in Scarlet, was published in 1887, and while his medicine career didn’t go all as planned – Conan Doyle himself writes in his autobiography that no single patient crossed the door of his ophthalmology practice, – he quickly garnered the renown and praise of readers and critics alike for his Holmes stories. Conan Doyle first published a story in a journal when he was 19.įollowing his graduation, he sported a brief run as a ship doctor on the SS Mayumba during a voyage to the West African coast. He attended a Roman Catholic Jesuit school in Hodder Place, Stonyhurst and went on to study medicine at the University of Edinburgh from 1876 to 1881, where he started writing stories in his free time. The Edinburgh Mystery: And Other Tales of Scottish CrimeĪrthur Conan Doyle or Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (May 1859 – July 1930) was a Scottish writer and physician, known as one of the greatest writers of crime fiction and particularly renowned for his Sherlock Holmes series. Murder Takes a Holiday: Classic Crime Stories for Summer Murder in Midsummer: Classic Mysteries for the Holidays Sherlock: The Essential Arthur Conan Doyle Adventures, Vol.
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