From his very early boyhood days his life in a strictly governed and disciplined family determined Arthur Conan Doyle's character, the result of which we can see in his works which are concise, complete and sharp, with the stories without leaving any loose ends. All his characters except one or two are integrated persons, even the villains. Woman-beaters, child-abusers or rapists are seldom seen among the characters Doyle created, even though his stories are thick-packed with crime. His adolescent life in a boarding school in London away from home was charecterized by young learners surrounding this senior scholar to listen to the unending interesting stories he made up for them. It was the budding and training of a great story teller. His passing of the degree of Master of Surgery in 1881 from the University of Edinburgh established him as a medical practitioner and we see his famous supporting character Dr. Watson. His professor Dr. Joseph Bell himself was the role model for Sherlock Holmes. Glimpses of his college days journey in the Arctic-going whaler ship Hope and his services as Ship's Surgeon in the Africa-going steamer Mayumba are scattered everywhere throughout his literary productions.
Wikipedia has this information: "The 'Sherlock Holmes' name was derived from a pair of cricketers � however some early notes give his name as Sherrinford Holmes. "Holmes" was named after Oliver Wendell Holmes, whom Conan Doyle admired, and an English cricketer named Sherlock." Doyle mentioned he chose the name SHerlock Holmes from a dentist practicing in London at the time. Now I guess I'll have to find a citation.... *heavy sigh*
sir athur Conan Doyle is the writer of Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote 56 short stories and four novels about the "first consulting detective".
no................no summary but ya it was written in 1918 lol thts wat i knw oops sry
Edgar Allan Poe's detective, crime and mystery novels influenced Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to write his own mysteries. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle believed that Edgar Allen Poe's stories were "a model for all time."
Mary Foley Doyle was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's mother. His wives were Louise Hawkins and Jean Elizabeth Leckie neither of whom did he divorce.
I believe that he was knighted (known as Knight Bachelor) in 1902, hence the title Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
he was awarded starting page "top 2000" election on 02/02/01
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the critical mass award on 02/17/01
Archie Goodwin Award (2005)
I don't believe so other than that he was knighted. Any awards that were given for his work were given after his death.
Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, but he was a pure-blood Irishman
In his autobiography, Memories and Adventures (1924), Conan Doyle writes: 'I, an Irishman by extraction, was born in the Scottish capital after two separate lines of Irish wanderers came together under one roof.'
Conan Doyle was found clutching his chest in the hall of Windlesham, his house in Crowborough, East Sussex, on 7 July 1930. He died of a heart attack at the age of 71. His last words were directed toward his wife: "You are wonderful."
He began writing short stories (says Wikipedia) while at university studying to become a doctor, so some time in his university career from 1876 and 1881. We know his first short story appeared before he was 20, so that narrows it down to between September of 1876 and May of 1879.
According to this biography at the link below, he attended university with a number of people who would become famous authors, and "a couple of years" into his studies he wrote a short story. His first short story sold (don't expect that if you write), so the story mentioned in Wikipedia was his first. Because they also give the date of his first publication--1879--and Wikipedia says it was published before his birthday, he probably began writing fiction in 1878.
He was bored of waiting for his medical patients to come. He was 20 when the first of his stories was published, 'The Mystery of Sassasa Valley (1879).
Miss Morstan was Holmes' client in 'The Sign of Four' when Watson met her. Some time after 'The Sign of Four' she became Watson's wife. She passed away during the time Holmes was presumed dead at the bottom of Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland.
There have been many volumes written about the possibility that Watson was married multiple times, but there is no definitive answer to that question.
He is famous for writing many books but most notably the series of mysteries about Sherlock Holmes. Many of his books about Holmes have been made into films. He was a physician, author, and also collaberated with playwright J. M. Barrie (creator of Peter Pan) on a play. He became "Sir" when he was knighted in 1902 for his written defense of England's participation in the South African Boer War.
Being the creator of Sherlock Holmes
Yeah he did and two wives. He was kinda cheating on his first wife, but still loved them both at the same time.
By Louise Hawkins ("Touie") his first wife, he had Arthur Alleyne Kingsley [known as Kingsley] and Mary.
By Jean Leckie, his second wife, he had Adrian, Denis, and Lena Jean [known in the family as Billie. She became Dame Jean Conan Doyle for her services as Commandant of the Women's Army Air Force in World War Two.]
None of his children had children.
Touie had tuberculosis and for some reason (medical advice?) Doyle and she no longer shared a bed. We don't know if he had sex with Jean before Touie's death (Louise lived 12 years or so after the diagnosis), but they were 'an item' for years.
According to most sources, King Arthur was born of King Uther Pendragon and Igraine, who was wife of the Duke of Cornwall before she married Pendragon. Uther, consumed with obsession/love/lust (whatever you believe), rallied his army and attacked Cornwall. In the course of the battle, Cornwall was killed, and Igraine and Pendragon married, bearing Arthur. However, threat of Saxon attack moved Pendragon to foster out his child. Arthur grew up never knowing of his royal birth. Until, of course, he first laid eyes on glimmering Excalibur.
Another legend has it that Uther (who was indeed Igraine's lover) asked Merlin (a wizard) to cast a spell and make him look like Cornwall so he could consummate his relationship with Igraine. She had been banished to Tintagel (a 5th C Harbour/Castle) by Cornwall, who was jealous of Igraine's possible infidelity. The deal between Merlin and Uther was that any children resulting from the union were to go to Merlin. Well, the deed was done and a child was conceived. Arthur. This version goes a long way to explain the relationship between young Arthur and Merlin.
The Scottish born Sir Arthur lived mostly in southern England. Following schooling, he resided in several different places at different times owning to changes in his medical practice and the good fortunes that came his way because of his writing. (Not necessarily the Sherlock Holmes works.) Among the places he lived were Plymouth, Southsea, Surrey and in London (where his South Norwood House is preserved). Certainly he spent a bit of time in other places, one being Vienna, where he continued some medical studies. Use the link below to begin some reading about the man behind the Sherlock Holmes works.
Conan Doyle lived in different places of the world likee for example he lived in southern England, Plymouth, Southsea, Surrey and in London.
He obtained a degree of Doctor of Medicine with the special study of tabes dorsalis from the University of Edinburgh in 1881. He was a ship's surgeon, studied ophthalmology, and opened a couple of different private practices, which yielded few, if any, patients. He had been writing part-time for many years up to that point with limited success, so he finally decided to become a full-time writer in or about 1891.