Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle 22 May 1859  7 July 1930 was a British writer and physician He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet the first of four novels and fiftysix short stories about Holmes and Dr Watson The Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in the field of crime fiction Doyle was a prolific writer In addition to the Holmes stories his works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard plays romances poetry nonfiction and historical novels One of Doyles early short stories J Habakuk Jephsons Statement 1884 helped popularise the mystery of the brigantine Mary Celeste found drifting at sea with no crew member aboard Description above from the Wikipedia article Arthur Conan Doyle licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia