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This week is a gross1 of years since the birth, in Edinburgh of one of the greatest fiction writers. His London based, most famous creation, is one of the most portrayed characters in film and television history; Sherlock Holmes. So who is the man behind the man at 122b Baker Street?

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)


Civil servant's son mother encouraged to read.

Jesuit scholar but lost faith. Edinburgh University Medical Graduate.

Holmes' 1887 debut 'A Study in Scarlet'.

But 'killed off' at Reichenbach Falls the year his father
died2.

Field doctor in Boer War. Revived Holmes nine years after demise.


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