Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born on 22 May 1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University, and became a doctor at southsea. He created novels, short stories, essays, poems across a wide range of genres. His most famous creation is the detective Sherlock Holmes, who attained international status. He had died of a heart attack on July 7, 1930. The epitaph on his gravestone in the New Forest, Hampshire reads: “STEEL TRUE, BLADE STRAIGHT.”
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born on 22 May 1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University, and became a doctor at southsea. He created novels, short stories, essays, poems across a wide range of genres. His most famous creation is the detect...