Arthur Conan Doyle Biography By facebooker_1137727123093267 May 22, 1859 Doyle was born on 22 May 1859 at 11 Picardy Place, Edinburgh, Scotland. Period: 1875 to 1876 He was educated at the Jesuit school Stella Matutina in Feldkirch, Austria Period: 1876 to 1881 Doyle studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh Medical School Sep 20, 1879 He published his first academic article, "Gelsemium as a Poison" in the British Medical Journal 1891 Doyle attempted the study of ophthalmology in Vienna.