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    1) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a Scottish author born in 1859 who is most famous for creating the character of Sherlock Holmes. He wrote 60 short stories and novels featuring Holmes between 1887-1927. 2) Doyle drew inspiration for Holmes from his mentor and professor at medical school, Dr. Joseph Bell, whose powers of observation and deduction impressed Doyle. 3) Doyle struggled early in his career to succeed as a writer before the publication of A Study in Scarlet in 1887, which introduced Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, brought him widespread fame and recognition.

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    1) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a Scottish author born in 1859 who is most famous for creating the character of Sherlock Holmes. He wrote 60 short stories and novels featuring Holmes between 1887-1927. 2) Doyle drew inspiration for Holmes from his mentor and professor at medical school, Dr. Joseph Bell, whose powers of observation and deduction impressed Doyle. 3) Doyle struggled early in his career to succeed as a writer before the publication of A Study in Scarlet in 1887, which introduced Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, brought him widespread fame and recognition.

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    1) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a Scottish author born in 1859 who is most famous for creating the character of Sherlock Holmes. He wrote 60 short stories and novels featuring Holmes between 1887-1927. 2) Doyle drew inspiration for Holmes from his mentor and professor at medical school, Dr. Joseph Bell, whose powers of observation and deduction impressed Doyle. 3) Doyle struggled early in his career to succeed as a writer before the publication of A Study in Scarlet in 1887, which introduced Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, brought him widespread fame and recognition.

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    1) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a Scottish author born in 1859 who is most famous for creating the character of Sherlock Holmes. He wrote 60 short stories and novels featuring Holmes between 1887-1927. 2) Doyle drew inspiration for Holmes from his mentor and professor at medical school, Dr. Joseph Bell, whose powers of observation and deduction impressed Doyle. 3) Doyle struggled early in his career to succeed as a writer before the publication of A Study in Scarlet in 1887, which introduced Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, brought him widespread fame and recognition.

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    SirArthurConanDoyle
    InrelationshipoftheRockingHorseWinnerbyD.H.LawrenceandSirArthurConanDoylethe
    shortstoriesofSherlockHolmes,theauthorssharesimilaritiesofthelivestheyhad.Intheseries
    ofSherlockHolmes,SirArthurConanDoylehadsharedsomepartsofhisownlifeandwhathe
    didthroughSherlockHolmes.Asadetectiveandauthorhislifecanbeshowninhisstoriesjust
    likeD.H.LawrencedidintheRockingHorseWinner.SirArthurConanDoyleactuallysolved
    somemysteriesinhislife.SomeofthemhehadsolvedarerelatedtosomeofSherlockHolmes.

    OnMay22,1859,ArthurConanDoylewasborninEdinburgh,Scotland.In1890hisnovel,
    A
    StudyinScarlet
    ,introducedthecharacterofDetectiveSherlockHolmes.Doylewouldgoonto
    write60storiesaboutSherlockHolmes.HealsostrovetospreadhisSpiritualismfaiththrougha
    seriesofbooksthatwerewrittenfrom1918to1926.Doylediedofaheartattackin
    Crowborough,EnglandonJuly7,1930.

    OnMay22,1859,ArthurConanDoylewasborntoanaffluent,strictIrishCatholicfamilyin
    Edinburgh,Scotland.AlthoughDoyle'sfamilywaswellrespectedintheartworld,hisfather,
    Charles,whowasalifelongalcoholic,hadfewaccomplishmentstospeakof.Doyle'smother,
    Mary,wasalivelyandwelleducatedwomanwholovedtoread.Sheparticularlydelightedin

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    tellingheryoungsonoutlandishstories.Hergreatenthusiasmandanimationwhilespinningwild
    talessparkedthechild'simagination.AsDoylewouldlaterrecallinhisbiography,"Inmyearly
    childhood,asfarasIcanrememberanythingatall,thevividstoriesshewouldtellmestandout
    soclearlythattheyobscuretherealfactsofmylife."

    Attheageof9,DoylebidatearfulgoodbyetohisparentsandwasshippedofftoEngland,
    wherehewouldattendHodderPlace,StonyhurstaJesuitpreparatoryschoolfrom1868to
    1870.DoylethenwentontostudyatStonyhurstCollegeforthenextfiveyears.ForDoyle,the
    boardingschoolexperiencewasbrutal:manyofhisclassmatesbulliedhim,andtheschool
    practicedruthlesscorporalpunishmentagainstitsstudents.Overtime,Doylefoundsolaceinhis
    flairforstorytelling,anddevelopedaneageraudienceofyoungerstudents.

    WhenDoylegraduatedfromStonyhurstCollegein1876,hisparentsexpectedthathewould
    followinhisfamily'sfootstepsandstudyart,sotheyweresurprisedwhenhedecidedtopursuea
    medicaldegreeattheUniversityofEdinburghinstead.Atmedschool,Doylemethismentor,
    ProfessorDr.JosephBell,whosekeenpowersofobservationwouldlaterinspireDoyletocreate
    hisfamedfictionaldetectivecharacter,SherlockHolmes.AttheUniversityofEdinburgh,Doyle
    alsohadthegoodfortunetomeetclassmatesandfuturefellowauthorsJamesBarrieandRobert
    LouisStevenson.Whileamedicalstudent,Doyletookhisownfirststabatwriting,withashort
    storycalled
    TheMysteryofSasassaValley
    .Thatwasfollowedbyasecondstory,
    TheAmerican
    Tale
    ,whichwaspublishedin
    LondonSociety
    .

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    DuringDoyle'sthirdyearofmedicalschool,hetookashipsurgeon'spostonawhalingship
    sailingfortheArcticCircle.ThevoyageawakenedDoyle'ssenseofadventure,afeelingthathe
    incorporatedintoastory,
    CaptainofthePoleStar
    .

    In1880,Doylereturnedtomedicalschool.BackattheUniversityofEdinburgh,Doylebecame
    increasinglyinvestedinSpiritualismor"Psychicreligion,"abeliefsystemthathewouldlater
    attempttospreadthroughaseriesofhiswrittenworks.BythetimehereceivedhisBachelorof
    Medicinedegreein1881,DoylehaddenouncedhisRomanCatholicfaith.

    Doyle'sfirstpayingjobasadoctortooktheformofamedicalofficer'spositionaboardthe
    steamshipMayumba,travellingfromLiverpooltoAfrica.AfterhisstintontheMayumba,Doyle
    settledinPlymouth,Englandforatime.Whenhisfundswerenearlytappedout,herelocatedto
    Portsmouthandopenedhisfirstpractice.Hespentthenextfewyearsstrugglingtobalancehis
    burgeoningmedicalcareerwithhiseffortstogainrecognitionasanauthor.Doylewouldlater
    giveupmedicinealtogether,inordertodevoteallofhisattentiontohiswritingandhisfaith.

    In1885,whilestillstrugglingtomakeitasawriter,Doylemetandmarriedhisfirstwife,Louisa
    Hawkins.ThecouplemovedtoUpperWimpoleStreetandhadtwochildren,adaughteranda
    son.In1893,Louisawasdiagnosedwithtuberculosis.WhileLouisawasailing,Doyledeveloped
    anaffectionforayoungwomannamedJeanLeckie.Louisaultimatelydiedoftuberculosisin
    Doyle'sarms,in1906.Thefollowingyear,DoylewouldremarrytoJeanLeckie,withwhomhe
    wouldhavetwosonsandadaughter.

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    In1886,newlymarriedandstillstrugglingtomakeitasanauthor,Doylestartedwritingthe
    mysterynovel
    ATangledSkein
    .Twoyearslater,thenovelwasrenamed
    AStudyinScarlet
    and
    publishedin
    Beeton'sChristmasAnnual
    .
    AStudyinScarlet
    ,whichfirstintroducedthewildly
    popularcharactersDetectiveSherlockHolmesandhisassistant,Watson,finallyearnedDoyle
    therecognitionhehadsodesired.Itwasthefirstof60storiesthatDoylewouldpenabout
    SherlockHolmesoverthecourseofhiswritingcareer.Also,in1887,Doylesubmittedtwo
    lettersabouthisconversiontoSpiritualismtoaweeklyperiodicalcalled
    Light
    .
    HavingrecentlybeendiagnosedwithAnginaPectoris,Doylestubbornlyignoredhisdoctor's
    warnings,andinthefallof1929,embarkedonaspiritualismtourthroughtheNetherlands.He
    returnedhomewithchestpainssoseverethatheneededtobecarriedonshore,andwas
    thereafteralmostentirelybedriddenathishomeinCrowborough,England.Risingonelasttime
    onJuly7,1930,Doylecollapsedanddiedinhisgardenwhileclutchinghisheartwithonehand
    andholdingaflowerintheother

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    WorkCited:
    http://www.biography.com/people/arthurconandoyle9278600
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle
    http://www.arthurconandoyle.com/biography.html
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/conan_sir_arthur_doyle.shtml

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