What accomplishments did Sir Arthur Conan Doyle have?

Answer 1

He is famous for writing many books but most notably the series of mysteries about Sherlock Holmes. Many of his books about Holmes have been made into films. He was a physician, author, and also collaberated with playwright J. M. Barrie (creator of Peter Pan) on a play. He became "Sir" when he was knighted in 1902 for his written defense of England's participation in the South African Boer War.
Being the creator of Sherlock Holmes

Answer 2

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is best known for creating the famous detective Sherlock Holmes. His work had a lasting impact on the detective genre and popular culture. Additionally, he was knighted for his contributions to literature.

Answer 3

The most famous series of stories Arthur Conan Doyle wrote were about the detective, Sherlock Holmes. His first published Sherlock Holmes story is "A Study in Scarlet," but he wrote more than 20 novels, 100 short stories, and a dozen plays on other topics.

Answer 4

Conan Doyle became friends with James M. Barrie, the author of Peter Pan, and Barrie even wrote a rather humorous story about their failed attempt as playwrights.

In the Sherlock Holmes story, 'The Man with the Twisted Lip,' Watson's wife calls him James, and, in a strange coincidence, Conan Doyle knew a Dr. James Watson.

Conan Doyle's middle name is Ignatius.

The manuscript for the original Sherlock Holmes story, "A Study in Scarlet," was rejected for publication at least three times. We can thank the general public for not giving him more patients as a young doctor which enabled him to continue writing.

The character of Sherlock Holmes is largely based upon one of Conan Doyle's lecturers at the University of Edinburgh named Joseph Bell.

He wrote a short story specially for the library of the Queen Mary's Dolls House titled, "How Watson Learned the Trick."

He was married twice, and his first wife died of tuberculosis.

He tried his own hand as a detective most notably in the cases of George Edalji and Oscar Slater.

In 1902, he was knighted by King Edward VII in part for his writings on the war in South Africa. He seriously considered refusing the offer for he felt undeserving for just doing his duty, and, in fact, sympathetically he had Sherlock Holmes refuse knighthood by chronicling it in 'The Adventure of the Three Garridebs.'

He was an avowed Spiritualist, and he was friends for a time with the American magician Harry Houdini, who became a prominent opponent of the Spiritualist movement in the 1920s following the death of his beloved mother. Although Houdini insisted that Spiritualist mediums employed trickery (and consistently attempted to expose them as frauds), Conan Doyle became convinced that Houdini himself possessed supernatural powers, a view expressed in Conan Doyle's The Edge of the Unknown. Houdini was apparently unable to convince Conan Doyle that his feats were simply illusions, leading to a falling out between the two.

Answer 5

Because of his services to the British Crown (Edward VII knighted him) as an defender of the British activities in the South African War. (aka the Boer War - 1901). There were reports (mainly spread by Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany) that the British were torturing and abusing the white Dutch South Africans (the Boers) during that war. Arthur Conan Doyle wrote a pamphlet saying - I'm being simple and brief - "I was there and saw no atrocities by the British against the Boer civilians." So, if he wrote Propaganda or not, he was knighted for it.

Answer 6

Sir Conan Doyle had several accomplishments:

• He was a licensed and practicing physician
• Heplayedfootballas a goalkeeper for Portsmouth Association Football Club, an amateur side, under the pseudonym A.C. Smith.
• He wrote a pamphlet titledThe War in South Africa: Its Cause and Conduct, where he defended the UK's role in the Boer War. The pamphlet was widely translated.
• Possibly as a result of the Boer War pamphlet he wasknightedbyKing Edward VIIin 1902 and appointed a Deputy-Lieutenant ofSurrey.
• Hepersonally investigated two closed cases, which led to two men being exonerated of the crimes of which they were accused. One of them had been sentenced to death. His work on these cases probably helped prompt the establishment ofheCourt of Criminal Appealin 1907, which helped correct other miscarriages of justice.

... and of course his most famous accomplishment

He created the character of Sherlock Holmes in 1886 and featured him infour novels and 56 short stories

Note that despite theubiquitousfame of his detective, Conan Doyle is not considered the father of the modern detective novel - that honor belongs to Edgar Allen Poe (who is more famous for his macabre stories) who published"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" featuring the first fictional detective, the eccentric and brilliantC. Auguste Dupin". Hefollowed with further Auguste Dupin tales: "The Mystery of Marie Rogêt" in 1843 and "The Purloined Letter" in 1845. Poe devised the plot formula that Conan Doyle followed in his Sherlock Holmes stories - and which, give or take a few shifting variables, is the same one used by nearly all detective fiction authors, whether it be books, theatre, television, or motion pictures. Poe - in turn - was probably influenced by earlier writers who each used elements of what we now know as detective fiction, but Poe was the first to combine the elements into thegenre we now recognize as the modern "detective story".

Answer 7

Doyle is famous as the author of the Sherlock Holmes detective stories. He also wrote other fiction of some note.

Answer 8

Sherlock Holmes

Answer 9

sherlock holmes

Answer 10

He was licensed and practicing physician