SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE

EARLY LIFE

• Born May 22, 1859
• In Edinburgh, Scotland
• Irish-Catholic Family
• Shipped to England

MEDICAL CAREER

• Studied medicine, specialized in Ophthalmology
• No patients
• Family= artistic careers Doyle=medical
• Got influenza, after became writer

WRITING CAREER

• Inspiration- Poe, and Bret Harte
• March, 1886 A Tangled Skein (1)
• Created Sherlock Holmes

INTERESTING FACTS

• He believed in fairies
• played cricket with author of Peter Pan
• Wrote 60 novels in all
• death- July 7th 1930- heart attack

CITING

• www.sirarthurconandoyle.com/Biography/biography15.htm
• www.funtrivia.com
• http://www.sherlockholmesonline.org/Biography/biography15.htm

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