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\nSir Arthur Conan Doyle was born in 1859 and died in 1930. \u00a0He’s best known as the creator\u00a0of the Sherlock Holmes. \u00a0But here are five things about him that you may not know.<\/p>\n
\nSir Arthur Conan Doyle was born in 1859 and died in 1930. \u00a0He’s best known as the creator\u00a0of the Sherlock Holmes. \u00a0But here are five things about him that you may not know.<\/p>\n
1 – Conan Doyle was a physician. \u00a0He attended the University of Edinburgh Medical School and graduated in 1881 with a Bachelor of Medicine and Mastery of Surgery.<\/p>\n
2 – He worked as a ship’s surgeon on a whaling vessel.<\/p>\n
3 – Conan Doyle was not<\/em> knighted for his Sherlock Holmes stories. \u00a0The War in South Africa: Its Causes and Conduct\u00a0<\/i>caught the eye of the monarchy. \u00a0In\u00a0it, Conan Doyle comes to Great Britain’s defense against charges of war crimes in the Boer War.<\/p>\n 4 – George Edalji was\u00a0an innocent man convicted of mutilating and killing livestock. \u00a0Who helped him prove his innocence? \u00a0The case was solved by Arthur Conan Doyle<\/em>. \u00a0Sir Arthur solved two\u00a0real-life crime cases, the George Edalji case and the Oscar Slater case.<\/p>\n 5 – Conan Doyle believed in Spiritualism. \u00a0It’s true. \u00a0The man who created the ever-logical Sherlock Holmes believed in\u00a0spirits and things like automatic writing.<\/p>\n You can learn more about all of these subjects at our partner site, Conan Doyle Info<\/a>. \u00a0As the site says, Sherlock Holmes is just the beginning<\/em>.<\/p>\n Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born in 1859 and died in 1930. 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