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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician, his most famous character was Sherlock Holmes. Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh on May 22, 1859, the third of ten children. From childhood only he had the talent of storytelling, wowing teachers and friends in Jesuit school with his yarns. His first published book came in 1879 with "The Mystery of Sasassa Valley" in the Chambers's Journal.
At the same time, he pursued a career in medical science at Edinburgh University, going on to become a surgeon of some renown at Southsea, Portsmouth. As a medical student, he worked with Dr. Bell, who was very observant man. Doyle thought he would write stories, said Doyle, "in which …show more content…

In 1891, six "Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" showed up in Strand magazine, with six more appearing the next year. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, as the collected stories were now called, was a huge hit. The public mourned Holmes' death in "The Final Problem."
Doyle changed his decision to pursue more serious literary education in 1901, when finances and public pressure yielded The Hound of the Baskervilles.
When The Hound of the Baskervilles was published, Doyle produced a piece of propaganda on the Boer War, and the author was praised for his efforts.
Doyle continued writing out Sherlock Holmes stories, including the collected Return of Sherlock Holmes.
The notion of life after death and the idea of psychic abilities inform the character of Doyle's famous detective. Sherlock Holmes is a man who can see beyond appearances and link ostensibly unrelated facts into a coherent …show more content…

Holmes relies on Watson to do some investigating for him on his own, and Watson refers to his long history with Holmes to illustrate that they've been fighting crime side-by-side for ages now. There's a cozy familiarity to their friendship in The Hound of the Baskervilles.
"This family paper was committed to my care by Sir Charles Baskerville, whose sudden and tragic death some three months ago created so much excitement in Devonshire. I may say that I was his personal friend as well as his medical attendant. He was a strong-minded man, sir, shrewd, practical, and as unimaginative as I am myself. Bt then also he took this document very seriously, and his mind was prepared for just such an end as did eventually overtake him."
Dr. Mortimer is an awkward character in the novel. He mainly serves as a human Exposition Fairy who fills in Holmes and Watson on the background of Sir Charles Baskerville and the Hound and then disappears. Dr.Mortimer's friendship with Sir Charles give us access to Sir Charles' thoughts on the Hound. It also helps us to know more about Sir

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