Full Name: Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle
Profession: Author
Nationality:
British
Why Famous: Creator of Sherlock Holmes and Professor Challenger
Born: May 22, 1859
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland
Star Sign: Gemini
Died: July 7, 1930 (aged 71)
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Articles on Arthur Conan Doyle
How the First Sherlock Holmes Story was Sold for a Song
How did an English publisher most famous for giving the world Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management come to publish the first Sherlock Holmes story?
December 1, 1887
A Deadly Bite, Or King Tut's Revenge?
It was one of the most spectacular archaeological finds – but was the disturbed Tutankhamun a sleeping tiger?
February 16, 1923
Married Life
- 1885-08-05 Author Arthur Conan Doyle (26) weds Louisa Hawkins
- 1907-09-18 Author Arthur Conan Doyle (48) weds Jean Elizabeth Leckie
Historical Events in the Life of Arthur Conan Doyle
- 1892-10-31 Arthur Conan Doyle publishes The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Quotes by Arthur Conan Doyle
- "What are we all? Poor silly half-brained things peering out at the infinite, with the aspirations of angels and the instincts of beasts."
A. A. Milne
Albert Camus
Jamal Khashoggi
Roald Dahl
T. H. White
Upton Sinclair