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After Arthur reached his ninth birthday, the weatlthy members of the Doyle family offered to pay for his studies. He was in tears all the way to England, where he had to go to Jesuit Boarding School for seven years.
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Conan Coyle attends the University of Edinburgh Medical School where he meets Dr, Joseph Bell, the person who inspired the character of Sherlock Holmes.
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Conan Doyle's work is published for the first time, The story is The Mystery of the Sasassa Valley.
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He serves as ship's surgeon on the Greenland whaler Hope.
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He recieves a Bachelor of Medicine and Master of Surgery.
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Conan Doyle leaves for Portsmouth to establish is own medical practice.
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Opened a medical center, while waiting for patients he would write stories.
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He joins the Portsmouth Literary and Scientific Society.
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On August 5th, Conan Doyle marries Louise "Toulie" Hawkins.
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Micah Clarke is published.
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The Sign Four is published.
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Conan Doyle gives up his medical practice in favor of writing. The White Company is published.
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is published.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles is published in The Strand magazine.
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The War in South Africa: Its Causes and Conduct is published. Doyle is knighted for this publication.
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His wife Louise dies. Conan begins investigation of the George Edalji case.
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He speaks publicly on Spiritualism for the first time. His Last Bow is published.
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He writes about the Cottingley fairies in the December issue of The Strand.
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His new wife, Jean Conan Doyle, discovers that she has the ability to do automatic writing.
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The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes is published.