Arthur Conan Doyle

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Sir

Arthur Conan Doyle

KStJ DL

Doyle in 1914

Born Arthur Ignatius Conan

Doyle
22 May 1859
Edinburgh, Scotland

Died 7 July 1930 (aged 71)

Crowborough, England

Occupation Writer
physician
 Nationality British
Education University of Edinburgh
Genre Detective fiction
fantasy
science fiction
historical novels
non-fiction
Notable works Stories of Sherlock
Holmes
The Lost World
Spouse Louisa Hawkins

(m. 1885; died 1906)
Jean Leckie
 

(m. 1907)
Children 5

Signature

Website
www.conandoyleestate.com
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930)
was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock
Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six
short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories
are considered milestones in the field of crime fiction.
Doyle was a prolific writer; other than Holmes stories, his works include
fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger and
humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as
plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction and historical novels. One of Doyle's
early short stories, "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" (1884), helped to
popularise the mystery of the Mary Celeste.
Name
Doyle is often referred to as "Sir Arthur Conan Doyle" or "Conan Doyle",
implying that "Conan" is part of a compound surname rather than a middle
name. His baptism entry in the register of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh,
gives "Arthur Ignatius Conan" as his given names and "Doyle" as his
surname. It also names Michael Conan as his godfather.The catalogues of
the British Library and the Library of Congress treat "Doyle" alone as his
surname.
Steven Doyle, editor of The Baker Street Journal, wrote, "Conan was
Arthur's middle name. Shortly after he graduated from high school he
began using Conan as a sort of surname. But technically his last name is
simply 'Doyle'. When knighted, he was gazetted as Doyle, not under the
compound Conan Doyle.