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Arthur Conan Doyle

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Key facts

Full name Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle[2]
Born 22 May 1859, Edinburgh, Scotland[2]
Died 7 July 1930, Crowborough, Sussex, England[2]
Occupations Writer; physician[3]
Education Edinburgh University; qualified as a doctor in 1885[4]

Arthur Conan Doyle was a Scottish writer and physician best known for creating the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. He was born in Edinburgh in 1859 and died in Crowborough, Sussex, in 1930.

Context

Arthur Conan Doyle was a Scottish writer and physician best known for creating Sherlock Holmes [2]. He was born in Edinburgh in 1859 and died in Crowborough, Sussex, in 1930 [2]. He studied at Edinburgh University and qualified as a doctor in 1885 [4]. He practiced medicine until 1891, then became a full-time writer [4]. He also wrote The Lost World (1912), which Britannica identifies as his first work featuring Professor Challenger [3]. Late in life, he devoted himself to spiritualism [1].

Documented claims

  • Doyle created Sherlock Holmes, a fictional consulting detective. [2]
  • He wrote The Lost World (1912), his first work featuring Professor Challenger. [3]
  • He practiced medicine until 1891, then became a full-time writer. [4]
  • Late in life, he devoted himself to spiritualism. [1]

Questions and answers

What was Arthur Conan Doyle famous for?

He was famous for creating Sherlock Holmes, a fictional consulting detective [2].

Did Doyle ever meet a real Sherlock?

The sources do not mention any real person named Sherlock that Doyle met.

Did Agatha Christie meet Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?

The sources do not record any meeting between Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle.

Sources

  1. Arthur Conan Doyle | Biography, Books, Sherlock Holmes ... — britannica.com (retrieved August 3, 2026)
  2. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Discovering Sherlock Holmes — sherlockholmes.stanford.edu (retrieved August 3, 2026)
  3. Conan Doyle — sherlock-holmes.org.uk (retrieved August 3, 2026)
  4. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle — poetryfoundation.org (retrieved August 3, 2026)

Sources last checked August 3, 2026. · More in Culture