Yes, actually he was a medical practitioner and wrote many Sherlock Holmes books in his free time at his clinic. He received knighthood forbeing an army surgeon or something.
Arthur Conan Doyle's first paying job as a doctor was as a medical officer aboard the steamship Mayumba, which travelled from Liverpool to Africa. After his stint on the Mayumba, Doyle settled in Plymouth, England for a time. where he again practised as a doctor.
Arthur Conan Doyle lived in Plymouth because he was stationed there as a medical doctor in the Royal Navy. He served at the Royal Naval Hospital while stationed in the city.
He was a Doctor
subject - Arthur Conan Doyle verb - based (past tense of base)
A nickname for Arthur Conan Doyle is ACD.
The cast of Arthur Conan Doyle - 1927 includes: Arthur Conan Doyle as himself
A man named Dr. Bell, who was a mentor of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's in his early years of medical learning.
Arthur Conan Doyle's family was poor and his father was an alcoholic. After his father died, a rich uncle put Arthur in a Jesuit boarding school. He later went to Stonyhurst College and a Jesuit school in Austria. He trained to be a medical doctor.
The cast of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - 1929 includes: Arthur Conan Doyle as himself
Dr Joseph Bell
Arthur Conan Doyle understood how to make a character very memorable. He created Sherlock Holmes and based him on a medical professor that he knew.
Yes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a freemason.