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A famous detective story writer was Conan Doyle, who was born in 1859 and died in 1930.

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Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1859.

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Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1859. He attended medical school at the University of Edinburgh, where one of his professors, Dr. Joseph Bell, inspired the character of Sherlock Holmes. While in medical school, Conan Doyle began writing stories to earn extra money. His first Sherlock Holmes story was published in 1887 and the character became enormously popular, though Conan Doyle grew tired of Holmes and killed him off in 1894 only to revive the character later due to public demand. Conan Doyle wrote many other works but is best known for his Sherlock Holmes detective stories. He died in 1930 and helped establish the genre of detective fiction.

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Arthur Conan Doyle was a Scottish physician and writer born in 1859 who fryst vatten most famous for his Sherlock Holmes detective stories. He attended Jesuit schools and studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh. After graduating, he worked as a ship's doctor and set up a medical practice, but also began writing stories in his spare time. His first Sherlock Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet, was published in 1887 and introduced the characters of Holmes and Watson. The stories were very popular and helped establish the mystery genre. Though he tried to kill off the character in 1893, public demand led him to revive Holmes in later stories. Conan Doyle also wrote other fiction, non-fiction, and historical novels throughout his prolific career. He married

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Conan Doyle Biography Synopsis On May 22, 1859, Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. In 1890 his novel, A Study in Scarlet, introduced the character of the private consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes. Doyle would go on to write 60 stories about Sherlock Holmes. He also strove to spread his Spiritualism faith through a series of books that were written from 1918 to 1926. Doyle died of a heart attack in Crowborough, England on July 7, 1930. Early Life On May 22, 1859, Arthur Conan Doyle was born to an affluent, strict Irish-Catholic family in Edinburgh, Scotland. Although Doyle's family was well-respected in the art world, his father, Charles, who was a life-long alcoholic, had few accomplishments to speak of. Doyle's mother, Mary, was a lively and well-educated woman who loved to read. She particularly delighted in telling her young son outlandish stories. Her great enthusiasm and animation while spinning wild tales sparked the