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Arthur Conan Doyle About the author Arthur Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) He was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, generally considered a milestone in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific(多才的) writer whose other works include science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction and historical novels. Brief introduction About his name Although he is now referred to as Conan Doyle, the origin of this compound surname is uncertain. Arthur Ignatius Conan is his Christian name He also names Michael Conan as his godfather. Early life Supported by wealthy uncles, Conan Doyle was sent to the Roman Catholic Jesuit preparatory school At the age of nine .He went on to Stonyhurst College until 1875. From 1875 to 1876 he was educated at the Jesuit school Stella Matutina in Feldkirch, Austria. From 1876 to 1881 he studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, including a period of working. While studying, Conan Doyle began writing short stories. His earliest extant fictions. Writing career His first published piece was The Mystery of Assassin Valley“. he published his first non-fictional article, Gelsemium as a Poison his first novels was “The Mystery of Comber”. His first significant piece, A Study in Scarlet, The story featured the first appearance of Watson and Sherlock Holmes, partially modeled after his former university teacher Joseph Bell. Marriages and family In 1885 Conan Doyle married Louise Hawkins, the sister of one of his patients. She suffered from tuberculosis and died on 4 July 1906. The next year he married Jean Elizabeth Leckie, whom he had first met and fallen in love with in 1897. Conan Doyle fathered five children. He had two with his first wife and three with his second wife: Political campaigning Following the Boer War in South Africa at the turn of the 20th century and the condemnation from around t