Arthur Conan Doyle


Arthur Conan Doyle

Doyle in 1914
Doyle in 1914
BornArthur Ignatius Conan Doyle
(1859-05-22)22 May 1859
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died7 July 1930(1930-07-07) (aged 71)
Crowborough, Sussex, England
Occupation
  • Writer
  • physician
EducationUniversity of Edinburgh
Genre
Notable works
Spouse
    Louisa Hawkins
    (m. 1885; died 1906)
    Jean Leckie
    (m. 1907)
Children5, including Adrian and Jean
Parents
Signature
Website
www.conandoyleestate.com

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in the field of crime fiction.

Doyle was a prolific writer. In addition to the Holmes stories, his works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger, and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels. One of Doyle's early short stories, "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" (1884), helped to popularise the mystery of the brigantine Mary Celeste, found drifting at sea with no crew member aboard.