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Who was sir Arthur Conan Doyle's assistant?
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's assistant for 40 years was Major Alfred Wood who wrote many of the Conan Doyle manuscripts. Sometimes Conan Doyle himself or others would write them, but I do not believe they were ever typewritten.
How old is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born on May 22, 1859 and died on July 7, 1930. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle would have been 71 years old at the time of death or 156 years old today.
Who does sir Arthur Conan Doyle base Sherlock Holmes on?
A man named Dr. Bell, who was a mentor of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's in his early years of medical learning.
At what age did Sir Arthur Conan Doyle marry?
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.
Did Arthur Conan Doyle fight in World War 1?
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was 55 years old when World War 1 started, so no. He did, however, write about the war.
How old was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle when he was sent to boarding school?
Conan Doyle entered Hodder Place, Stonyhurst in Lancashire, UK at nine years of age.
How and where did Conan Doyle die?
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What was the reactions to Arthur Conan Doyle killing Sherlock Holmes?
It seems that Sir Conan Doyle wasn't that fond of Sherlock Holmes, nor was he pleased with the fact that his popularity greatly superseded that of his other writings. There was a public outcry and Conan Doyle had to bring Holmes back from the dead by pretending Holmes hadn't fallen to his death after all but had pretended to die in order to escape his enemies. Conan Doyle then wrote five more books (2 novels and 32 short stories) and then finished off Holmes with "His Last Bow", and then died 3 years later.....
Who were Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's siblings?
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.
What did Sir Arthur Conan Doyle major in?
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.
How did Poe influence Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?
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."
How old was Conan Doyle when he wrote 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'?
He would have been about 42 years old.
