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SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE (1859- )

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 462 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SIR See also:ARTHUR CONAN See also:DOYLE (1859- )  , See also:English novelist, eldest son of the artist See also:Charles See also:Doyle, was See also:born on the 22nd of May 1859 . He was sent to Stonyhurst See also:College, and further pursued his See also:education in See also:Germany, and at See also:Edinburgh University where he graduated M.B. in 1881 and M.D. in 1885 . He had begun to practise as a See also:doctor in See also:Southsea when he published A Study in See also:Scarlet in 1887 . See also:Micah See also:Clarke (1888), a See also:tale of See also:Monmouth's See also:rebellion, The Sign of Four (1889), and The See also:White See also:Company (1891), a See also:romance of Du Guesclin's See also:time, followed . In See also:Rodney See also:Stone (1896) he See also:drew an admirable See also:sketch of the See also:prince See also:regent; and he collected a popular See also:series of stories of the See also:Napoleonic See also:wars in The Exploits of Brigadier See also:Gerard (1896) . In 1891 he attained immense popularity by The Adventures of See also:Sherlock See also:Holmes, which first appeared in The Strand See also:Magazine . These ingenious stories of the success of the imperturbable Sherlock Holmes, who had made his first See also:appearance in A Study in Scarlet (1887), in detecting See also:crime and disentangling See also:mystery, found a See also:host of imitators . The novelist himself returned to his 111 1902 .

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