Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: More Than Sherlock

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        Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in the field of crime fiction.	Doyle was a prolific writer; other than Sherlock Holmes stories, his works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger, and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels. One of Doyle's early short stories, "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" (1884), helped to popularize the mystery of the Mary Celeste.      	Doyle is often referred to as "Sir Arthur Conan Doyle" or "Conan Doyle", implying that "Conan" is part of a compound surname rather than a middle name. His baptism entry in the register of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, gives "Arthur Ignatius Conan" as his three given birth names and "Doyle" as his surname. It also names Michael Conan as his godfather. The catalogs of the British Library and the Library of Congress treat "Doyle" alone as his surname.	Steven Doyle, publisher of The Baker Street Journal, wrote: "Conan was Arthur's middle name. Shortly after he graduated from high school he began using Conan as a sort of surname. But technically his last name is simply 'Doyle'." When knighted, he was gazetted as Doyle, not under the compound Conan Doyle.

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Web Resources: Print

BIOGRAPHY: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/BiographyBIOGRAPHY: https://www.biography.com/writer/arthur-conan-doyleBIOGRAPHY: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Arthur-Conan-DoyleBIOGRAPHY (with links to other resources): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_DoyleSHERLOCK HOLMES (with links to other resources): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_HolmesSHERLOCK HOLMES (with links to other resources): https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sherlock-HolmesPROFFESOR CHALLENGER:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor_ChallengerPROFESSOR CHALLENGER:  https://arthurconandoyle.co.uk/character/professor-challengerBRIGADIER GERARD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigadier_GerardBRIGADIER GERARD: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/Brigadier_Gerard

Web Resources: Video

UK/FRENCH BIOGRAPHY (52 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0yEAUW6Tgw INFLUENCE OF HOLMES (57 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7kb2kn9fZs&t=4s BIOGRAPHY OVERVIEW:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk26lsGRDfgSHERLOCK HOLMES OVERVIEW (TED Talk):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8992A5oAWMBRIEF HISTORY OF SHERLOCK HOLMES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZnJtAZW3JABRIGADIER GERARD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_ECPzrG7MsDOYLE, THE SUPERNATURAL, FAERIES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKY5idkcLFUDOYLE AND SPIRITUALISM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk26lsGRDfg&t=1s 

Bibliographies

These bibliographies have links to all the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle:

https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/Sir_Arthur_Conan_Doyle:Complete_Works

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle_bibliography