Arthur Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and medical doctor. A famous British writer best known by the series of books about Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes stories have been translated into more than fifty languages. Doyle was a prolific writer; other than Holmes stories, his works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger. By 1920 Doyle was one of the most highly paid writers in the world.
His father, Charles Altamont Doyle, was born in England, of Irish Catholic descent, and his mother, Mary, was Irish Catholic. he future writer had to grow in a strange family, as his father suffered from alcoholism and had psychological problems. When the boy was 9, some rich relatives offered to pay his education at a noble Jesuit college. From 1875 to 1876, he was educated at the Jesuit school Stella Matutina in Feldkirch, Austria. He later rejected the Catholic faith and became an agnostic. In 1876, he graduated from college and returned to his native Edinburgh. From 1876 to 1881, Doyle studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh Medical School.
The first story that he wrote was “The Mystery of Sasassa Valley”. His first work featuring Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, A Study in Scarlet, was written in three weeks when he was 27.
Doyle played footbal. In 1885 Doyle married Louisa Hawkins. Louisa suffered from tuberculosis. In 1907, the year after Louisa's death, he married Jean Elizabeth Leckie. Doyle fathered five children.
During the World War I, Doyle lost many friends and close relatives. In the early 1920s, he took up spiritualism and lectured this science in many countries. His last book “The Maracot Deep and Other Stories” was written in 1929. The writer died on July 7th, 1930 of a heart attack.
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Arthur Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and medical doctor. A famous British writer best known by the series of books about Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes stories have been translated into more than fifty languages. Doyle was a prolific writer; other than Holmes stories, his works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger. By 1920 Doyle was one of the most highly paid writers in the world.
His father, Charles Altamont Doyle, was born in England, of Irish Catholic descent, and his mother, Mary, was Irish Catholic. he future writer had to grow in a strange family, as his father suffered from alcoholism and had psychological problems. When the boy was 9, some rich relatives offered to pay his education at a noble Jesuit college. From 1875 to 1876, he was educated at the Jesuit school Stella Matutina in Feldkirch, Austria. He later rejected the Catholic faith and became an agnostic. In 1876, he graduated from college and returned to his native Edinburgh. From 1876 to 1881, Doyle studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh Medical School.
The first story that he wrote was “The Mystery of Sasassa Valley”. His first work featuring Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, A Study in Scarlet, was written in three weeks when he was 27.
Doyle played footbal. In 1885 Doyle married Louisa Hawkins. Louisa suffered from tuberculosis. In 1907, the year after Louisa's death, he married Jean Elizabeth Leckie. Doyle fathered five children.
During the World War I, Doyle lost many friends and close relatives. In the early 1920s, he took up spiritualism and lectured this science in many countries. His last book “The Maracot Deep and Other Stories” was written in 1929. The writer died on July 7th, 1930 of a heart attack.
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