Fun Facts About Arthur Conan Doyle
- Arthur Conan Doyle took only one first-class wicket in cricket, and it was W. G. Grace. He wrote a poem about it.[1]
- Conan Doyle played football as a goalkeeper for Portsmouth Association Football Club, an amateur side, under a pseudonym.[1]
- Sherlock Holmes was partly modeled on Doyle's university teacher Joseph Bell. Doyle wrote to Bell: "It is most certainly to you that I owe Sherlock Holmes."[1]
- Doyle wrote the first Sherlock Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet, in three weeks and sold all rights to it for £25.[1]
- A Strand Magazine article Doyle wrote about skiing in 1894 popularized the sport and began the long association between Switzerland and skiing.[1]
- Doyle publicly supported the Cottingley Fairies, later confirmed to be a hoax, which led to a public falling-out with his friend Harry Houdini.[1][3][4]
- Arthur Conan Doyle was alive at the same time as Arthur Schopenhauer — their lives overlapped for 1 year (1859–1860).[1][2][5][6]
- Arthur Conan Doyle shares a birthday with Richard Wagner: both were born on May 22.[1][2][7][8]
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a British writer and physician. He is best known for his four novels and fifty-six short stories about the fictional consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr. Watson, which are milestones in crime fiction, and for his first work featuring Professor Challenger, The Lost World (1912), which gave its name to a subgenre of speculative fiction. He was a prolific writer who produced over 200 stories and articles, four volumes of poetry, and a number of works for the stage. He was knighted by King Edward VII in the 1902 Coronation Honours.[1]
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Questions About Arthur Conan Doyle
When was Arthur Conan Doyle born?
Arthur Conan Doyle was born on May 22, 1859, and died on July 7, 1930.
How old was Arthur Conan Doyle at death?
Arthur Conan Doyle was born on May 22, 1859, and died on July 7, 1930, at age 71.
What was Arthur Conan Doyle known for?
Arthur Conan Doyle was known for: Creator of Sherlock Holmes. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a British writer and physician. He is best known for his four novels and fifty-six short stories about the fictional consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr. Watson, which are milestones in crime fiction, and for his first work featuring Professor Challenger, The Lost World (1912), which gave its name to a subgenre of speculative fiction. He was a prolific writer who produced over 200 stories and articles, four volumes of poetry, and a number of works for the stage. He was knighted by King Edward VII in the 1902 Coronation Honours.
Who was alive at the same time as Arthur Conan Doyle?
Arthur Conan Doyle's closest contemporary was John D. Rockefeller. Their lives overlapped for 71 years.
Sources
- Arthur Conan Doyle — Wikipedia. Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0
- Arthur Conan Doyle (Q35610) — Wikidata
- Harry Houdini — Wikipedia
- Harry Houdini (Q131545) — Wikidata
- Arthur Schopenhauer — Wikipedia
- Arthur Schopenhauer (Q38193) — Wikidata
- Richard Wagner — Wikipedia
- Richard Wagner (Q1511) — Wikidata
- Portrait: Arthur Conan Doyle by Walter Benington, 1914.png — Wikimedia Commons. Walter Benington, Public domain