Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 19th Century
- Categories: Literature, Publishing
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Novelists, Short Story Writers
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, 19th Century European History, British History
Article abstract: Doyle created one of the first and most popular and long-lived of fictional detectives: Sherlock Holmes.
Early Life
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born into an artistic Catholic family and grew up in Edinburgh, Scotland, a Protestant stronghold. His grandfather and his uncle were illustrators; Richard, his uncle, gained fame drawing for Punch. Doyle’s father, Charles, became clerk of the Board of Works in Edinburgh, but he also drew. He illustrated the first edition of his son’s A Study in Scarlet (1887), the first tale of...
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