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  1. Arthur Conan Doyle

    Driven by public clamour, Conan Doyle continued writing Sherlock Holmes adventures through 1926. His short stories were collected in several volumes, and he also wrote novels (e.g., The Hound of the Baskervilles, serialized 1901-02) that feature Holmes and his assistant, Dr. Watson.Conan Doyle, however, claimed the success of Holmes overshadowed the merit he believed his other historical ...

  2. Arthur Conan Doyle

    In 1890, Arthur Conan Doyle's novel, A Study in Scarlet introduced the character of Detective Sherlock Holmes. Doyle would go on to write 60 stories about Sherlock Holmes. He also strove to spread ...

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    Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (22 May 1859 - 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson.The Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in the field of crime fiction. Doyle was a prolific writer.

  4. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Biography

    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 - 7 July 1930) - Scottish writer, physician and spiritualist - best known for his Sherlock Holmes stories. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Picardy Place, Edinburgh, Scotland in 1859. At school, he developed a talent for storytelling in the dormitories after lights. He nursed ambitions to […]

  5. Biography

    Biography Childhood. Birth, Family. Arthur Conan Doyle was born on 22 may 1859, at Picardy Place, Edinburgh, Scotland. His mother, Mary Josephine Foley, was Irish and descendant of the famous Percy family of Northumberland, in the line of Plantagenet.His father, Charles Altamont Doyle, was a not very ambitious officer with some artistic talent .When he lost his job, he sank into alcoholism and ...

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    Arthur Conan Doyle was born on 22 May 1859 in Edinburgh into a prosperous Irish family. He trained as a doctor, gaining his degree from Edinburgh University in 1881. He worked as a surgeon on a ...

  7. Arthur Conan Doyle Biography

    Arthur Conan Doyle Biography ; Arthur Conan Doyle Biography. Born: May 22, 1859 ... The Sign of the Four (1890), was followed by the Holmes short story, "A Scandal in Bohemia" (1891). The ... Janet B. Arthur Conan Doyle: Beyond Baker Street. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. User Contributions: ...

  8. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle summary

    Arthur Conan Doyle, detail of a portrait by H.L. Gates, 1927; in the National Portrait Gallery, London. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, (born May 22, 1859, Edinburgh, Scot.—died July 7, 1930, Crowborough, Sussex, Eng.), Scottish writer. He became a doctor and practiced until 1891, studying with Dr. Joseph Bell, who was the model for his fictional ...

  9. PDF Arthur Conan Doyle: Biography

    Conan Doyle ran for Parliament twice, in 1900 and 1906, but was unable to win a seat either time. Shortly after his second attempt, his long-invalided wife, Louisa, died. Only 14 months later, Conan Doyle married Jean Leckie (said to be descended from Scottish hero Rob Roy), with whom he had two sons and a daughter. The Edge of the Unknown

  10. Arthur Conan Doyle

    Arthur Conan Doyle's humble beginnings did not predict his future success. Born on May 22, 1859, to a middle-class, Catholic family, he grew up on Edinburgh's rough-and-tumble streets, far from his successful grandfather and uncles, who hobnobbed with London's intellectual elite.

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    He was married twice. The death of his son Kingsley in World War I intensified Doyle's interest in psychic phenomena; in his later years he wrote and lectured on spiritualism. He died in Sussex on July 7, 1930. (1859-1930). A Scottish physician who turned to writing, Arthur Conan Doyle thought he would be remembered for his historical novels.

  12. Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes

    Arthur Conan Doyle (May 22, 1859 - July 7, 1930) created one of the world's most famous characters, Sherlock Holmes. But in some ways, the Scottish-born author felt trapped by the runaway popularity of the fictional detective. Over the course of a long writing career, Conan Doyle wrote other stories and books he believed to be superior to the ...

  13. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A Biographical Introduction

    Introduction. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is known all over the world as the creator of one of the most famous fictional characters in English literature, the master detective Sherlock Holmes, but he was much more than the originator of modern detective literature. He was a man of many talents and pursuits: a medical doctor, multi-talented sportsman ...

  14. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle biography

    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle biography. Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1859. Doyle's family (Conan was his middle name, and it was only later in life that he began to use it as his surname) sent him to Jesuit boarding schools to be educated, and he later entered the University of Edinburgh Medical School in 1881.

  15. Biographies

    Biographies about Arthur Conan Doyle have been published since 1923. Conan Doyle was the first to write one in his auto-biography Memories and Adventures serialized from october 1923 to july 1924 in The Strand Magazine.He also wrote reports of his long trips abroad with his family for lecture tours: Our American Adventure (1923), Our Second American Adventure (1924) and Our African Winter (1929).

  16. Biography of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

    Biography of. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, most famed for his four novels and fifty-six short stories about the "consulting detective" Sherlock Holmes, was born on May 22, 1859 in Edinburgh to a Catholic family of ten. His father, Charles Altamont Doyle, was an architect and an artist. Unfortunately, his talents were shadowed ...

  17. Arthur Conan Doyle Biography

    1859 - Conan Doyle is born on May 22 in Edinburgh, Scotland to Charles and Mary Doyle.. 1868 - Conan Doyle is sent to Jesuit boarding school in England.. 1876 - Charles Doyle enters a nursing facility to receive treatment for his alcoholism. Conan Doyle attends the University of Edinburgh Medical School where he meets Dr. Joseph Bell, the person who inspired the character of Sherlock Holmes.

  18. Arthur Conan Doyle bibliography

    Arthur Conan Doylebibliography. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (1859-1930) was a Scottish writer and physician. In addition to the series of stories chronicling the activities of Sherlock Holmes and his friend Dr John Watson for which he is well known, Doyle wrote on a wide range of topics, both fictional and non-fictional. [ 1] In 1876 ...

  19. Arthur Conan Doyle Biography

    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born in 1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland. A prolific writer of much renown, his books were mostly detective fiction. He is most famous for the Sherlock Holmes stories, but also wrote such things as the Lost World. He also popularized the mystery of the wreck of the Mary Celeste, and wrote about Professor Challenger, a rude ...

  20. Arthur Conan Doyle Facts, Worksheets, Biography & Novels For Kids

    Arthur Conan Doyle was a doctor and author of 60 mystery stories depicting the most famous detective characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Click for facts and worksheets in PDF! ... After this short story, Conan Doyle intended to quit writing about his renowned detective because, in his opinion, the Sherlock Holmes tales were detracting ...

  21. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Biography and Works

    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous works include the Sherlock Holmes series, with notable titles such as "A Study in Scarlet," "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes," and "The Hound of the Baskervilles.". Other renowned works include "The Lost World," "Micah Clarke," and "The White Company.". 2.

  22. Arthur Conan Doyle's Writing Style & Short Biograpy

    Arthur Conan Doyle (Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle) was a medical doctor and British poet, novelist, and short-story writer. In 1887, he published A Study in Scarlet and created a character of Sherlock Holmes. A Study of Scarlet is his first novel of four novels and many short stories that he wrote about Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes.