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Arthur Conan Doyle was born on 22 May 1859 in Edinburgh into a prosperous Irish family.

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He trained as a doctor, gaining his degree from Edinburgh University in 1881.

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In 1885 Doyle married Louisa Hawkins (1857–1906)

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In 1885 Doyle married Louisa Hawkins (1857–1906)

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He worked as a surgeon on a whaling boat and also as a medical officer on a steamer travelling between Liverpool and West Africa.

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Sherlock Holmes was inspired by the real-life figure of Joseph Bell, a surgeon at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, whom Conan Doyle met in 1877.

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Arthur Conan Doyle died on July 7, 1930.

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While studying, Doyle began writing short stories. His earliest extant fiction, "The Haunted Grange of Goresthorpe", was unsuccessfully submitted to Backwoods Magazine.

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Arthur Conan Doyle once said "You see, but you do not observe."

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The first Sherlock Holmes book called A Study in Pink was written on October 19, 1892

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He stood for Parliament twice as a Liberal Unionist: in 1900 in Edinburgh Central; and in 1906 in the Hawick Burghs.

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He stood for Parliament twice as a Liberal Unionist: in 1900 in Edinburgh Central; and in 1906 in the Hawick Burghs.