She suffered from tuberculosis and died on 4 July 1906. In 1885 Conan Doyle married Louisa (or Louise) Hawkins, known as "Touie". He completed his doctorate on the subject of tabes dorsalis in 1885.
Following his graduation, he was employed as a ship's doctor on the SS Mayumba during a voyage to the West African coast. His first published story appeared in " Chambers's Edinburgh Journal" before he was 20. While studying, Conan Doyle began writing short stories. This required that he provide periodic medical assistance in the towns of Aston (now a district of Birmingham) and Sheffield. He then went on to Stonyhurst College, leaving in 1875.įrom 1876 to 1881 he studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh. It also names Michael Conan as his godfather.Īt the age of nine Conan Doyle was sent to the Roman Catholic Jesuit preparatory school, Hodder Place, Stonyhurst. His baptism record in the registry of St Mary's Cathedral in Edinburgh gives 'Arthur Ignatius Conan' as his Christian name, and simply 'Doyle' as his surname. They were married in 1855.Īlthough he is now referred to as "Conan Doyle", the origin of this compound surname (if that is how he meant it to be understood) is uncertain. His father, Charles Altamont Doyle, a talented illustrator, was born in England of Irish descent, and his mother, born Mary Foley, was Irish. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born the third of ten siblings on in Edinburgh, Scotland. * "The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place" (1927) * "The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger" (1927) * "The Adventure of the Retired Colourman" (1926) * "The Adventure of the Lion's Mane" (1926) * "The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier" (1926) * "The Adventure of the Three Gables" (1926) * "The Adventure of the Illustrious Client" (1924) * "The Adventure of the Three Garridebs" (1924)
* "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire" (1924) * "The Adventure of the Creeping Man" (1923) * "The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone" (1921) These mysteries - involving an illustrious client and a Sussex vampire the problems of Thor Bridge and of the Lions Mane a creeping man and the three-gabled house - all test the bravery of Dr Watson and the brilliant mind of Mr Sherlock Homes, the greatest detective we have ever known. In this, the final collection of Sherlock Holmes adventures, the intrepid detective and his faithful companion Dr Watson examine and solve twelve cases that puzzle clients, baffle the police and provide readers with the thrill of the chase. 'When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.'
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