Sherlock Holmes
and Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle
Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle
Here is a summary of Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle's life.
He was
born 22 May 1859 in Edinburgh. He obtained his medical
degree from the University of Edinburgh. He served as doctor on an Arctic whaler, lived in
Southsea, Birmingham
and elsewhere, and practised as a doctor briefly.
His first short story
"J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" published 1879 (not
about Sherlock Holmes)was a startling
success. His first novel, A Study in Scarlet,
appeared in Beeton's Christmas Annual. He wrote
more than 50 books, including historical novels, science
fiction, domestic comedy, seafaring adventure, the
supernatural, poetry, military history, and many other
subjects. He wrote the comic play 'Jane
Annie' jointly with James Barrie, creator of Peter
Pan.
In 1893, he "killed" Sherlock
Holmes by reporting his apparent death in "The Final
Problem". Holmes was briefly brought back in The
Hound of the Baskervilles.
He was knighted ("Sir Arthur")
in 1902 and died 7 July 1930. For more details, click
here.
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Timeline
of Events in the Life of Conan Doyle
A
full Conan Doyles's bibliography
Another interesting biography
All
his works on line
Working on extracts : for example on The Hound of the Baskervilles
Stories and pictures
Sherlock Holmes
The books
Illustrations of the Strand magazine
All the works whose hero is Sherlock Holmes with covers
of the Strand magazine
Pictures of the place 
