Arthur Conan Doyle
Born May 22, 1859 · Died July 7, 1930
From Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom · Nationality: United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · Writes fiction and nonfiction
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish writer and physician, most noted for creating the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and writing stories about him which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction.
He is also known for writing the fictional adventures of a second character he invented, Professor Challenger, and for popularising the mystery of the Mary Celeste. He was a prolific writer whose other works include fantasy and science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction and historical novels.1
Quotes
“What can we know? What are we all? Poor silly half-brained things peering out at the infinite, with the aspirations of angels and the instincts of beasts.”
The Stark Munro Letters “When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hopes seem hardly worth having, just mount a bicycle and go for a good spin down the road, without thought of anything but the ride you are taking.”
Testimony of an Enthusiast, Demorest’s Family Magazine, 1895 “The highest morality may prove also to be the highest wisdom when the half-told story comes to be finished.”
The Boer War 1902
Quotes from Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Books by Arthur Conan Doyle in order
Books by Arthur Conan Doyle in the order they were published, from A Study in Scarlet (1887) to The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1927).
- 1A Study in Scarlet
A Study in Scarlet1887 - 2The Sign of the Four
The Sign of the Four1889 - 3The White Company
The White Company1890 - 4The Refugees
The Refugees1891 - 5The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes1892What's in it (12)
- A Scandal in Bohemia
- The Red-Headed League
- A Case of Identity
- The Boscombe Valley Mystery
- The Five Orange Pips
- The Man with the Twisted Lip
- The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
- The Adventure of the Speckled Band
- The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
- The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
- The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
- The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
- 6The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes1893 - 7The Complete Sherlock Holmes
The Complete Sherlock Holmes1900 - 8The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles1900 - 9The Lost World
The Lost World1900 - 10The Return of Sherlock Holmes
The Return of Sherlock Holmes1903 - 11The Poison Belt
The Poison Belt1913 - 12The Valley of Fear
The Valley of Fear1914 - 13His Last Bow
His Last Bow1917 - 14The History of Spiritualism
The History of Spiritualism1926 - 15The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes1927 - 16Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes - 17Tales of Terror and Mystery
Tales of Terror and Mystery - 18The Annotated Sherlock Holmes
The Annotated Sherlock Holmes - 19The Complete Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
The Complete Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes - 20The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes
The Exploits of Sherlock HolmesWhat's in it (12)
- The Adventure of the Seven Clocks
- The Adventure of the Gold Hunter
- The Adventure of the Wax Gamblers
- The Adventure of the Highgate Miracle
- The Adventure of the Black Baronet
- The Adventure of the Sealed Room
- The Adventure of Foulkes Rath
- The Adventure of the Abbas Ruby
- The Adventure of the Two Women
- The Adventure of the Dark Angels
- The Adventure of the Deptford Horror
- The Adventure of the Red Window
- 21The Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes
The Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes - 22The Oxford Sherlock HolmesThe Oxford Sherlock Holmes