Clive Merrison stars as Holmes with Michael Williams as Watson in these adventures
Arthur Conan Doyle was born on 22 May 1859 in Edinburgh into a
prosperous Irish family. He trained as a doctor, gaining his degree
from Edinburgh University in 1881. He worked as a surgeon on a
whaling boat and also as a medical officer on a steamer travelling
between Liverpool and West Africa. He then settled in Portsmouth on
the English south coast and divided his time between medicine and
writing.
Sherlock Holmes made his first appearance in 'A Study of Scarlet',
published in 'Beeton's Christmas Annual' in 1887. Its success
encouraged Conan Doyle to write more stories involving Holmes but,
in 1893, Conan Doyle killed off Holmes, hoping to concentrate on
more serious writing. A public outcry later made him resurrect
Holmes. In addition, Conan Doyle wrote a number of other novels,
including 'The Lost World' and various non-fictional works. These
included a pamphlet justifying Britain's involvement in the Boer
War, for which he was knighted and histories of the Boer War and
World War One, in which his son, brother and two of his nephews
were killed. Conan Doyle also twice ran unsuccessfully for
parliament. In later life he became very interested in
spiritualism.
Conan Doyle died of a heart attack on 7 July 1930.
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