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  1. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, M.D., Kt, D.L., LL.D., (22 may 1859 - 7 july 1930) was a British writer with many facets : Physician, Writer, Sportsman, Poet, Politician, Justicer, Spiritualist, Campaigner, Adventurer... The following is a short overview. Arthur Conan Doyle wrote his own biography Memories and Adventures in 1923-1924.

  2. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) – Scottish writer, physician and spiritualist – best known for his Sherlock Holmes stories. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Picardy Place, Edinburgh, Scotland in 1859. At school, he developed a talent for storytelling in the dormitories after lights.

  3. Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on May 22, 1859, the third of ten children of an Irish painter who specialized in fantasy scenes. Conan Doyle was sent to England at age nine to attend Jesuit boarding school, an experience he loathed.

  4. n. o. p. q. r. s. t. u. v. w. x. y. z. Portrait of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, c.1925 © Conan Doyle is most famous as the inventor of Sherlock Holmes, but he had a varied career as a writer,...

  5. Arthur Conan Doyle bibliography. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (1859–1930) was a Scottish writer and physician. In addition to the series of stories chronicling the activities of Sherlock Holmes and his friend Dr John Watson for which he is well known, Doyle wrote on a wide range of topics, both fictional and non-fictional. [1] In 1876 ...

  6. Arthur Conan Doyle's humble beginnings did not predict his future success. Born on May 22, 1859, to a middle-class, Catholic family, he grew up on Edinburgh's rough-and-tumble streets, far from his successful grandfather and uncles, who hobnobbed with London's intellectual elite.

  7. Like the elusive Sherlock Holmes, his most famous creation, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a man of many contradictions. Scientifically educated, he believed in séances and fairies. An advocate for more equitable divorce laws, he believed that women should be denied the vote.

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