Arthur Conan Doyle was a Scottish author and physician, best known for his detective stories featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. He wrote four novels and 56 short stories featuring Holmes, as well as other works of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and historical novels.
Arthur Conan Doyle was a Scottish author and physician best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. He was born on May 22, 1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland to Charles Altamont Doyle and Mary Foley. He was the second of ten children.
Doyle was educated at Stonyhurst College and the University of Edinburgh Medical School. After graduating in 1881, he began to practice medicine, but soon found himself drawn to writing. He wrote his first novel, A Study in Scarlet, in 1886, which introduced the character of Sherlock Holmes. The novel was an immediate success and Doyle went on to write four more novels and fifty-six short stories featuring the character.
Doyle was also a prolific writer of historical fiction, science fiction, and non-fiction. He wrote several books on spiritualism, which he believed in, and was a strong advocate for the rights of the Boer people in South Africa. He was knighted in 1902 for his services to literature.
Doyle died on July 7, 1930 at the age of 71. He is remembered as one of the most influential authors of the 19th and 20th centuries. His works have been adapted for stage, film, and television, and his character Sherlock Holmes is one of the most recognizable characters in literature.