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Arthur Conan Doyle


Born
in Edinburgh, Scotland, The United Kingdom
May 22, 1859

Died
July 07, 1930

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A series of stories, including The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902), of known British writer SirArthur Conan Doylechiefly features Sherlock Holmes, the brilliant detective.

Mary Foley,an Irish mother, bore Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, the third of ten siblings, toCharles Altamont Doyle,a talented English illustrator of Irish descent.

Although people now refer to as "Conan Doyle" despite the uncertain origin of this understood compound surname. His baptism record in the registry of cathedral of Saint Mary in Edinburgh gives "Arthur Ignatius Conan" as his Christian name, and simply "Doyle" as his surname. It also namesMichael Conanas his godfather.

At the age of nine years in 1868, parents sent Arthur Conan Doyle to Hodder plac
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A Study in Scarlet (Sherloc...

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The Complete Sherlock Holmes

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A Study in Scarlet The Sign of Four The Adventures of Sherlock ... The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes The Hound of the Baskervilles The Return of Sherlock Holmes The Valley of Fear
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“When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

“It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.”
Arthur Conan Doyle

“There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.”
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52 votes, 21.2%

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34 votes, 13.9%

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25 votes, 10.2%

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