Biography
Real name: Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle
Born: May 22. 1859 Edinburgh, Scotland
Family relationship: His father was an alcoholic and not a very good role model. His mother was an excellent storyteller who inspired him to tell his own stories.
He was sent to a Jesuit* boarding school in England when he turned nine. There he discovered his talent for making up stories and telling them to an audience. He was 17 when he graduated.
When he returned home, he had to sign the committal papers for his father’s admission. Thereafter Arthur Doyle started to study medicine.
A lot of his experiences are later to be found in his novels. Here we can mention Dr. Joseph Bell, a big inspiration for Doyle. A lot of his qualities were later to be found in his fictional character, Sherlock Holmes.
His first famous book called, A Tangled Skein, was later published under the title, A Study in Scarlet, where Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson were introduced. Hereafter he was acknowledged as a famous writer.
His first wife died and he married again. After the death of the first wife, he became more interested in the occult.
Hereafter he joined the army for a while and thereafter joined politics, though neither of the two occupations worked out well. He then returned to London to be a writer.
In 1901 he published “The Hound of the Baskervilles” which today is a worldwide sensation. A year later the King, who was a big fan of Sherlock Holmes, convinced him to continue on Sherlock Holmes and in 1903 Doyle published “The Return of Sherlock Holmes”.
Later his second wife died and he married again. Hereafter he got three children with the new wife who held him occupied for some time.
When The Second World War broke out he tried to volunteer for the military again, but at the age of fifty five he was let down. Hereafter he started a civilian battalion.
During the war he lost his son, his brother, two brothers in law and two nephews.
In 1929 he was diagnosed with Angina Pectoris** and went on a “last tour” to Holland, Denmark, Sweden and Norway.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle died Monday 7. July 1930 surrounded by family.
* The Jesuits are some kind of religious catholic gathering
** A heart disease, also known as “Heart Cramps”
Bibliography
The author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is best known for writing the The Stories of Sherlock Holmes . Sherlock Holmes was first introduced in thenovel A Study In Scarlet in 1887, where he is presented as the mad , but genius private detective, solving criminal mysteries along with his partner Dr. Watson. He has made 4 novels who is based on the character, and 6 short story collections. There has been various film and TV-series, that has been based on the fictional works of Conan Doyle, including the new Guy Ritchie movie, simply known as Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes is portrayed by Robert Downey Jr. And Dr. Watson is portrayed by Jude Law.
Besides creating Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has made other non-fictional work, including The Professor Challenger Stories, and various plays. He has also made non-fictional works on war and the Army, including works on spiritualism.
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