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Quick Facts
- NAME: Arthur Conan Doyle
- OCCUPATION: Author
- BIRTH DATE: May 22, 1859
- DEATH DATE: July 07, 1930
- EDUCATION: University of Edinburgh's Medical School
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Edinburgh, Scotland
- PLACE OF DEATH: Crowborough, United Kingdom
Best Known For
Scottish writer and spiritualist Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created the detective Sherlock Holmes--one of the most vivid and enduring characters in English fiction.
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Sherlock Holmes - The Original Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle didn't create the legendary detective out of thin air: he used a French criminal expert and famous police investigator as the model for Holmes.
Sherlock Holmes - Seven Percent Solution
Legal at the time, herion and cocaine allow Holmes to relax and fuels him to complete his legendary caseload.
Sherlock Holmes - An Elementary Education
Experts comment on the world's greatest detective's legendary IQ and early education.
Sherlock Holmes - Holmes Dispels a Myth
Holmes proves that crime can be commited by anyone. He is one of the first to expain that criminal behavior is not just for the poor and lower classes, but that the privileged are just as capable of evil.
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Born May 22, 1859, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Arthur Conan Doyle is best known for his creation of fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, who was modeled after one of his professors in medical school. Conan Doyle himself, however, viewed his most important efforts to be his campaign in support of spiritualism, and wrote many books and essays on the subject in addition to his other works.
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