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He studied medicine in the "University of Stonyhurts" in Edimburg, Scotland.
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When he was 22 years old, he moved to live in Portsmouth. -
In 1885, he married with Louisa Hawkins. They were the parents of Mary Louise and Arthur Alleyne Kingsley. -
His first notable work was "A Study in Scarlet", where the writer creates the most famous fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, it was published in 1887.
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He was writing literary books for 42 years.
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During The Boer War he was a military doctor, and when he returned to England he wrote "The Great Boer War". -
Louisa died of tuberculosis. -
A year later he married with Jean Elizabeth Leckie, with whom he had Jean Lena Annette, Denis Percy Stewart and Adrian Malcolm.
