Well, according to some, Conan Doyle got the name Holmes from Oliver Wendell Holmes and the name Sherlock from a famous violinist. There are many different guesses on how Sherlock Holmes was named, but this is the one I think is true.
A.C. Doyle was enamored of the name of a dentist in London, practicing during the Victorian era, and "borrowed" his name, which happened to be Sherlock Holmes.
Sherlock, of course.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, never gave him a middle name, there for it is just Sherlock Holmes.
His main arch enemy was Professor James Moriarty.
Sherlock Holmes. In Arthur Conan Doyle's original notes of A Study in Scarlet, he was named Sherrinford.
Edgar Allan Poe's C. Auguste Dupin, Emile Gaboriau's Monseiur Lecoq, Wilkie Collins' Sergeant Cuff, and Fergus Hume's Detective Gorby. ------ Well, according to some, Conan Doyle got the name Holmes from Oliver Wendell Holmes, and the name Sherlock from a famous violinist
Sherlock Holmes' real name is Sherlock Holmes.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, never gave him a middle name, there for it is just Sherlock Holmes.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle named his character.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The name of the detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is Sherlock Holmes.
Sherrinford (or Sherringford) Holmes is crossed out in the original 'Study in Scarlet' manuscript as is Ormond Sacker for Watson. The very first name considered by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle for Holmes was Sheridan Hope, but that name transmogrified into Jefferson Hope for another character in the book.
His main arch enemy was Professor James Moriarty.
Arthur Conan Doyle, the author of the stories gave him his name.
"The Lost World" is a famous book by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle that does not feature Sherlock Holmes. It follows a group of explorers who discover a prehistoric plateau in the Amazon rainforest inhabited by dinosaurs and other creatures.
Sherlock Holmes. In Arthur Conan Doyle's original notes of A Study in Scarlet, he was named Sherrinford.
originally the victorian era
Edgar Allan Poe's C. Auguste Dupin, Emile Gaboriau's Monseiur Lecoq, Wilkie Collins' Sergeant Cuff, and Fergus Hume's Detective Gorby. ------ Well, according to some, Conan Doyle got the name Holmes from Oliver Wendell Holmes, and the name Sherlock from a famous violinist