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Arthur Conan Doyle

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born

May 22, 1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland, The United Kingdom

died

July 07, 1930

gender

male

website

http://www.sherlockholmesonline.org/

genre

Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers, Reference

influences

Edgar Allan Poe, Jules Verne, Walter Scott, Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Arthur Conan Doyle was born as the third of ten siblings on 22 May 1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father, Charles Altamont Doyle, was born in England of Irish descent, and his mother, born Mary Foley, was Irish. They were married in 1855.

Although he is now referred to as "Conan Doyle", the origin of this compound surname (if that is how he meant it to be understood) is uncertain. The entry in which his baptism is recorded in the register of St Mary's Cathedral in Edinburgh gives 'Arthur Ignatius Conan' as his Christian name, and simply 'Doyle' as his surname. It also names Michael Conan as his godfather.

Conan Doyle was sent to the Roman Catholic Jesuit preparatory school Hodder Place, Stonyhurst, at the a...more

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Books by Arthur Conan Doyle

Average rating: 4.11 · 176,098 ratings · 9,007 reviews · 1,197 distinct works

	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 4.18 avg rating — 35,051 ratings — published 1892 — 510 editions	My rating:
	The Hound of the Baskervilles 3.88 avg rating — 33,518 ratings — published 1902 — 620 editions	My rating:
	The Complete Sherlock Holmes: All 4 Novels & 56 Short Stories 4.46 avg rating — 19,924 ratings — published 1930 — 97 editions	My rating:
	A Study in Scarlet 4.00 avg rating — 19,654 ratings — published 1887 — 303 editions	My rating:
	The Sign of Four 3.92 avg rating — 9,258 ratings — published 1890 — 224 editions	My rating:
	The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes 4.28 avg rating — 7,003 ratings — published 1892 — 228 editions	My rating:
	The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Volume II (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) by Arthur Conan Doyle, Kyle Freeman (Illustrator) 4.40 avg rating — 6,521 ratings — published 1930 — 12 editions	My rating:
	The Lost World 3.79 avg rating — 6,677 ratings — published 1912 — 203 editions	My rating:
	The Return of Sherlock Holmes 4.19 avg rating — 5,478 ratings — published 1904 — 203 editions	My rating:
	Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Volume I 4.40 avg rating — 5,020 ratings — published 1927 — 14 editions	My rating:

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Series by Arthur Conan Doyle

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Quotes by Arthur Conan Doyle

“When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

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“There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

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“It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle

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