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Biography

Name: Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir
Birth Date: May 22, 1859
Death Date: July 6, 1930
Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland
Place of Death: Crowborough, Sussex, England
Nationality: English
Gender: Male
Occupations: author, surgeon, ophthalmologist

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Biography of Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir
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The British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) is best remembered as the creator of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes. Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on May 22, 1859, into an Irish Roman Catholic family of noted artistic...
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Biography of Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir
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It is difficult to imagine the shape which detective fiction might have taken had it not been for the creation by Arthur Conan Doyle of Sherlock Holmes. Conan Doyle took a form of fiction which had become popular through the works of his predecessors,...
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Biography of Arthur Conan Doyle
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Arthur Conan Doyle is best known for his short stories and novels about Sherlock Holmes, whom Jon L. Lellenberg describes in The Quest for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Thirteen Biographies in Search of a Life (1987) as "the most universally recognized...
 


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Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes
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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle ( 1859-05-22 - 1930-07-07 ) was a British writer, most famous as the creator of the character Sherlock Holmes . See also: The Sherlock Holmes series of stories. Sourced The highest morality may prove also to be the...


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Doyle, Arthur Conan (1859-1930) Summary
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So great is the influence of Sherlock Holmes, that only the truest of the great detective's fans know that his creator, Arthur Conan Doyle, thought far less of Holmes than he did of his other creative efforts. For Doyle was not a stock-in-trade...
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Arthur Conan Doyle Information
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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859–7 July 1930) was a Scottish author most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures...


News and Journals
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Arthur Conan Doyle's letters focus on family life, not Sherlock Holmes
11/8/2007: 755 words, approx. 3 pages
"Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters" (The Penguin Press. 608 pages. $37.95), edited by Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower and Charles Foley: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was famously convinced that the dead and the living could communicate, so it might be thoughtful of his shade...
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Solved: Poe mystery awards are announced
5/1/2007: 303 words, approx. 1 pages
Which work won a 2007 Edgar Allan Poe award for best play? Elementary, my dear reader! It was "Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure," by Steven Dietz.That wasn't the only Edgar award winner with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective in the title. E.J. Wagner's nonfiction...
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Family of Harry Houdini seeks exhumation of body to see if he was murdered.
3/23/2007: 505 words, approx. 2 pages
A team of forensic experts will test the remains of the renowned escape artist Harry Houdini once his body is exhumed from a New York cemetery, searching for clues to his rumored murder, the head of the investigative team said Friday."Everything will be thoroughly analyzed,"...
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Forensic team prepares to exhume Houdini's body to determine whether he was poisoned
3/23/2007: 438 words, approx. 2 pages
Get ready for "CSI: Houdini."A team of forensic experts will pore over the exhumed remains of renowned escape artist Harry Houdini to determine whether he was murdered more than 80 years ago, the head of the investigative team said Friday."Everything will be thoroughly analyzed," promised...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Rosemary Jann
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In the following essay, Jann analyzes the Victorian perception that female sexuality was dangerous and delineates Arthur Conan Doyle's treatment of women's sexuality and transgressive behavior in his novels.


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