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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Life. Born May 22, 1859 Scottish physician and writer Most well known for Sherlock Holmes Study medicine at University of Edinburgh where he started to write short stories. Originally his practice was not successful.

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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  1. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

  2. Life Born May 22, 1859 Scottish physician and writer Most well known for Sherlock Holmes Study medicine at University of Edinburgh where he started to write short stories. Originally his practice was not successful. While waiting on patients he began to write again.

  3. Life Continued Struggled to get published Modeled Sherlock Holmes after his professor Joseph Bell “It is most certainly to you that I owe Sherlock Holmes... Round the center of deduction and inference and observation which I have heard you inculcate I have tried to build up a man."

  4. Death of Doyle and Holmes In 1893 Doyle decided to kill off Holmes to allow him to focus more on his career. Doyle had Holmes plunge to his death down the Reichenbach Falls in the story "The Final Problem.” He was accompanied by another character. The public made such an outcry that Holmes was brought back in 1901. Doyle died July 7, 1930.

  5. Interesting Facts Played detective in two closed cases regarding the injustice of two men. His efforts exonerated these men. Helped create the Court of Criminal Appeals. Member of the Ghost Club (which still exists). Published a book about fairies (1917). Friends with Harry Houdini. May have been involved with a scientific hoax that lasted 40 years.

  6. Sherlock Holmes

  7. Background First appeared in 1887 Featured in four novels and fifty six short stories. Covers the period of time from 1880-1914 Typically narrated by Dr. John H. Watson.

  8. London 1880s

  9. London 1880s Industrial Revolution Heavy pollution Children laborers Education was mandatory up to age ten. Jack the Ripper

  10. Six Rules of a Good Detective Story The crime must be significant The detective must be memorable. The criminal must be a worthy opponent. The clues must be made available to the reader. The suspect must appear early in the story. The solution must be reasonable and possible.

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