Shortly after he graduated from high school he began using Conan as a sort of surname. Steven Doyle, publisher of The Baker Street Journal, wrote: "Conan was Arthur's middle name. The catalogues of the British Library and the Library of Congress treat "Doyle" alone as his surname. It also names Michael Conan as his godfather. His baptism entry in the register of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, gives "Arthur Ignatius Conan" as his given names and "Doyle" as his surname. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" (1884), helped to popularise the mystery of the Mary Celeste.ĭoyle is often referred to as "Sir Arthur Conan Doyle" or "Conan Doyle", implying that "Conan" is part of a compound surname rather than a middle name.
The Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in the field of crime fiction.ĭoyle was a prolific writer other than Holmes stories, his works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger, and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr.
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DL ( – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician.
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