Arthur

Arthur Conan Doyle

By Paula González Cortacans
  • Birth.

    Birth.

    At 11 Picardy Place, Edinburgh, Scotland.
    His father was Charles Altamont Doyle, and his mother was Mary Foley.
  • Goes to preparatory school Saint Mary's Hall.

    Goes to preparatory school Saint Mary's Hall.

    Supported by his uncles, goes to Stonyhurts College preparatory school.
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    Studies at Stonyhurst College.

    Studies in the Stonyhurst College, a private Catholic school in Lancashire, England.
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    He's educated at Stella Matutina.

    Conan Doyle moves to Feldkirch, Austria, to study in the Stella Matutina Order, another Jesuit school.
  • Starts his Medicine Career at the Edimburgh University. '

    Starts his Medicine Career at the Edimburgh University. '

    Meets Joseph Bell, a forensic surgeon, a teacher who inspires him to create his famous character: Sherlock Holmes.
  • Publishes his first short story.

    Publishes his first short story.

    "The Mystery of the Sasassa Valley" appears on the Chambers's Edinburgh Journal.
  • Boards in a whaling ship called "The Hope".

    Boards in a whaling ship called "The Hope".

    Arthur stands in as a sugeon in the whaling ship "The Hope". Sails for six months to the Arctic.
  • Graduates at Edimburgh University.

    Graduates at Edimburgh University.

    At the age of 22 ends the Medicine career at the Edimburgh University.
  • Moves to Plymouth.

    Moves to Plymouth.

    His friend George Budd offers him to work with him.
  • Settles on his own.

    Settles on his own.

    After arguing with George Budd, Arthur settles on his own as a doctor in Portsmouth.
  • Completes his doctor's degree.

    Completes his doctor's degree.

    Completes his doctorate about the Tabes Dorsal, but receives his title four years late.
  • Marries Louise Hawking.

    Marries Louise Hawking.

    Gets married with Louise Hawking, the sister of one of his patients.
  • Mary Louise is born.

    Mary Louise is born.

    Louise and Arthur have their first child.
  • Moves to London.

    Moves to London.

    Moves to London and works as a ophthalmologist

  • Kills Sherlock Holmes.

    Arthur decides to kill Sherlock Holmes because he thought that the character was "wasting his mind". Some time after that, he has to bring him back to life because of all the fans.
  • Arthur Alleyne Kingsley is born.

    Arthur Alleyne Kingsley is born.

    Louise and Arthur have their second child, Kingsley.
  • Publishes "The Final Problem".

    Publishes "The Final Problem".

    Arthur finally decides to kill Sherlock Holmes, although his mother said "You won't! You can't! You mustn't!" when he told her that fact.
    But he'll bring Sherlock back in 1901 because of public's outcries.
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    Plays rugby profesionally.

    Arthur begins playing rugby profesionally in the Portsmouth Association Football Club.
  • Receives an Order of the British Empire

    Receives an Order of the British Empire

    Now Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has an Order of the British Empire.
  • Louise dies.

    Louise dies.

    Arthur's first wife dies of tuberculosis, after her medical stay in Switzerland.
  • Marries Jean Leckie.

    Marries Jean Leckie.

    After twenty years having a platonic relationship with Jean Elizabeth Leckie, they get married.
  • Denis Percy Stewart is born.

    Denis Percy Stewart is born.

    Jean Elizabeth has her first child, Arthur's third. Denis will be Georgian Princess Nina Mdivani's second husband.
  • Adrian Malcolm is born.

    Adrian Malcolm is born.

    Jean's second child and Arthur's fourth.
  • Jean Lena Annette is born.

    Jean Lena Annette is born.

    Jean Leckie's has her third child, and Arthur has his fourth. She was an air commandant, and served for thirty years in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force.
  • British Army rejects him as a soldier.

    British Army rejects him as a soldier.

    He's 55, so he isn't allowed to go to the First World War.
  • Kingsley Doyle dies.

    Kingsley Doyle dies.

    Arthur's second child dies from pneumonia, which he contracted during the 1916 Battle of the Somme. Arthur sinks into depression.
  • Arthur Conan Doyle dies.

    Arthur Conan Doyle dies.

    He died of a heart attack in his house in Crowborough, East Sussex, at the age of 71. He said his last words to his second wife: "You are wonderful."
    He was einterred in Minstead churchyard in the New Forest, Hampshire.