Arthur Conan Doyle was born on 22 May 1859 in Edinburgh into a prosperous Irish family. He trained as a doctor, gaining his degree from Edinburgh University in 1881. He worked as a surgeon on a ...

Today, nearly seventy years after his death, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is universally ... although more famous as a writer, Conan Doyle was an avid sportsman and adventurer, a large man who struck ...

The only handwritten draft of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's second Sherlock Holmes novel ... Sotheby's during their book week in June. The British author signed the item twice and it also contains ...

In 1907, an intrepid band of adventurers sets out to discover the truth regarding Professor Challenger's claim that dinosaurs still exist in South America.

Martin Clunes (Doc Martin) stars as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in the actual story of the Sherlock Holmes author’s pursuing a miscarriage of justice at the turn of the 19 th century—the false ...

I imagine few people know who Arthur Conan Doyle is ... find extraordinary popularity as a writer that brought him wealth and even a knighthood, making him Sir Arthur. And yet he seemed willing ...