Conan doyle

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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  • Birth

    Birth

    Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland into an Irish Roman Catholic family of noted artistic achievement.
  • Birth

    Birth

    Conan Doyle is born on May 22 in Edinburgh, Scotland

  • School

    Conan Doyle is sent to boarding school in England.
  • Period: to

    Studies

    He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh from 1876 to 1881 and he meets Dr. Joseph Bell, the person who inspired the character of Sherlock Holmes.

  • Work

    In 1882 he began working as a doctor in Southsea.
  • Period: to

    Married to Louisa Hawkins

    They married and had two children but in the First World War Louisa Hawkins and her son were killed.
  • First published story

    First published story

    His first published Sherlock Holmes story was Study in Scarlet.

  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    continued to write stories that were later collected in five volumes that would become "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes".

  • Married to Jean Leckie

    A year after Louisa's death in 1906, he married Jean Leckie and had three children, Denis, Adrian and Jean.

  • Death

    He died of natural causes on 7 July 1930 at the age of 71.