Brief biography arthur conan doyle

British writer and physician (1859–1930)

"Conan Doyle" redirects here. For the rugby player, see Conan Doyle (rugby union).

Brief biography arthur conan doyle

For the South African cricketer, see Conan Doyle (cricketer).

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan DoyleKStJ, 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.

Brief biography arthur conan doyle books list

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