Conan Doyle

Scottish author and physician

Conan Doyle was a Scottish author, physician, and military officer. He is best known for creating the character of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1859 and studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh. He worked as a ship's doctor and later as a general practitioner before turning to writing full-time. Doyle's first Sherlock Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet, was published in 1887 and was...