8 Facts about Arthur Conan Doyle

Wednesday, April 1st 2015. | Authors

If you want to know the personal life and professional life of the creator of Sherlock Holmes, check Facts about Arthur Conan Doyle. He was born on 22 May 1859 and passed away on 7th July 1930. He was the Scottish writer who wrote Sherlock Holmes, the famous detective in his fictional stories. Actually he was a physician. There were many crime novels that he made. Let’s find out more facts about Arthur Conan Doyle by reading the following post below:

Facts about Arthur Conan Doyle 1: the crime novels

His famous works were the crime novels of Sherlock Holmes. Professor Challenger was the second character that he made. It was also famous. Due to the wonderful writing skill of Conan Doyle, you can find other works in romances, plays, fiction stories, historical novels, non fictions novels and poetry. Therefore, he was called as prolific writer.

Facts about Arthur Conan Doyle 2: place of birth

Doyle was born with the full name Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle at 11 Picardy Place, Edinburgh on 22nd May 1859. Mary Foley was his mother. She was an Irish Catholic. His father was an Irish Catholic descent who was born in England named Charles Altamont Doyle. In 1855, his parents wedded.

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Facts about Arthur Conan Doyle 3: separated

His father ended up in alcoholism. It led to the separation of the family in 1864. The kids were relocated to Edinburgh. Fortunately, the family reunited against and lived at 3 Sciennes Place.

Facts about Arthur Conan Doyle 4: education

Doyle could pursue higher education because he was supported financially by his wealthy uncles. When he was nine years old, he went to Jesuit Preparatory school in 1868 to 1970. He continued his education in Stonyhurst College until his graduation in 1875. Then he went to Austria to study at Stella Matutina in Feldkirch in 1975 till 1876.

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Facts about Arthur Conan Doyle 5: religion

Do you know that Doyle was agnostic? He decided to reject religion after he left. However, he was a spiritualist mystic then.

Facts about Arthur Conan Doyle 6: medical career

Let’s talk about the medical career of Conan Doyle. As I have stated before, he was a physician. He went to University of Edinburgh Medical School to study medicine in 1976 till 1881. Check another writer in Anton Chekhov facts.

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Facts about Arthur Conan Doyle 7: “The Haunted Grange of Goresthorpe”

When he studied medicine, he also wrote short stories. He submitted his first story to Blackwood’s Magazine with the title, “The Haunted Grange of Goresthorpe”. But it was unsuccessful.

Facts about Arthur Conan Doyle 8: the first published piece

On 6 September 1879, his “The Mystery of Sasassa Valley” was printed in Chamber’s Edinburgh Journal. The setting of this story was in South Africa. Find another writer in facts about Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.