This British physician and novelist based his Holmes character on one of his university professors
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Joseph Bell - Wikipedia  Joseph Bell, JP, DL, FRCSE (2 December 1837  4 October 1911) was a Scottish lecturer at the medical school of the University of Edinburgh in the 19th century. He is perhaps best known as an inspiration for the literary character Sherlock Holmes. ... Bell was the son of Dr Benjamin Bell (1810-1883) and his wife, Cecilia...
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Literary Career - The Victorian Web  Mar 22, 2016 ... During his writing career Sir Arthur wrote twenty-one novels and over 150 short stories. ... Holmes, a brilliant London-based consulting detective famous for his astute ... Holmes, one of the best known and most popular characters in ... over the Reichenbach Falls with Professor Moriarty, Holmes's greatest...
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Was the Character of Sherlock Holmes Based on a Real Person?  Apr 10, 2014 ... After more than a century since Sherlock Holmes made his first ... based on primarily two individuals, as well as, perhaps, the author himself. ... Doyle was studying to be a physician at the University of Edinburgh in 1877. It was a professor by the name of Joseph Bell that drew Doyle's attention immediately.
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Arthur Conan Doyle - Author, Journalist, Doctor - Biography.com  Oct 19, 2015 ... Sherlock Holmes - The Original Holmes (TV-14; 1:29) Sir Arthur Conan ... In 1890 his novel, A Study in Scarlet, introduced the character of Detective Sherlock Holmes. ... At med school, Doyle met his mentor, Professor Dr. Joseph Bell, ... At the University of Edinburgh, Doyle also had the good fortune to...
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Arthur Conan Doyle - Wikipedia  Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (22 May 1859  7 July 1930) was an Irish-Scottish writer and physician, most noted for creating the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes .... Holmes was partially modelled on his former university teacher Joseph Bell. ... As a result, he became one of the best-paid authors of his time.
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle :The Doctor Behind The Detective - Central ...  Perhaps it was good for me that the times were hard, for I was wild, full ... He arranged a dinner with Conan Doyle and Oscar Wilde. ... (It was indeed a golden evening for me, Conan Doyle wrote), and the publisher commissioned a short novel ... The Sign of Four, played a significant role in elevating the profile of Sherlock...
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Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle impressed by Mormons  Apr 10, 1994 ... Alt URL: http://historytogo.utah.gov/case.html. When A Study In Scarlet introduced Sherlock Holmes, consulting detective, to the ... in a long line of antagonistic Mormon-hating books that made for popular reading. ... "You know father would be the first to admit that his first Sherlock Holmes novel was full of...
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The Doctor and the Detective A Biography of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ...  Does the title refer to Dr. Doyle and Sherlock Holmes, his most famous detective? ... of Sherlock Holmes, so the good doctor provided the prototype for the detective. ... saint in a child's given names(2), and it may also be the case that the Doyles were ..... 'the scarlet thread of murder running through the colorless skein of life'.
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SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE~Holmes Innovates Crime Fiction | eBay  The Holmes books are generally considered a major innovation... ... 1930) was a Scottish author most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes.
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Professor Moriarty - Wikipedia  Professor James Moriarty is a fictional character in some of the Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Moriarty is a criminal mastermind whom Holmes describes as the "Napoleon of crime". ... Holmes described Moriarty as follows: He is a man of good birth and excellent education, endowed by nature...
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Books & Booze: 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' by Arthur ...  Mar 1, 2016 ... This week, columnist Carson Abernethy pairs The Adventures of Sherlock ... Arthur Conan Doyle was a physician who used his knowledge of medicine ... two of the greatest characters in fiction, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson. ... role in the stories than alcohol does, Holmes did like a good drink.
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Arthur Conan Doyle - Wikipedia  Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (22 May 1859  7 July 1930) was an Irish-Scottish ... In 1867, the family came together again and lived in squalid tenement flats at 3 ... While waiting for patients, Doyle again began writing fiction. ... His first work featuring Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, A Study in Scarlet, was...
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View  The Pedagogical Function of Sherlock Holmes and Phileas Fogg ... history. The large audience of these texts made them capable of serving a ... Chapter 3: Sidekick Figures and their Role in Establishing Colonial Masculinity  ..... wager to complete the trip in the allotted amount of time and sets off on his journey that very.
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Professor James Moriarty | Conan Doyle Info  The character of Professor James Moriarty makes quite an impression. ... George Boole, the inventor of Boolean algebra, might have been an inspiration for...
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Sherlock Holmes - Wikipedia  Sherlock Holmes is a fictional private detective created by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ... Most are narrated by the character of Holmes's friend and biographer Dr. ...... Leslie S. Klinger (editor of The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes) has ... influential pastiche was Nicholas Meyer's The Seven-Per-Cent Solution,...
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Inspector Lestrade - Wikipedia  Inspector G. Lestrade, or Mr. Lestrade is a fictional character appearing in several of the Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle used the name of a friend from his days at the University of Edinburgh, ... "He is the most famous detective ever to walk the corridors of Scotland Yard, yet he existed only...
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The Doctor and the Detective A Biography of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ...  The Doctor and the Detective A Biography of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle by Martin ... One would think so, but reading this book brings up another doctor, the one .... As part of a rich family, they can look askance as naturally growing fruit, ... We meet Joseph Bell, the great teacher who in 1878 appointed Conan Doyle as his clerk.
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The Valley of Fear is published - Feb 27, 1915 - HISTORY.com  ... a medical school teacher at the University of Edinburgh, where Holmes' creator studied. ... In addition to dozens of Sherlock Holmes stories and several novels, Doyle wrote ... After his son died in World War I, Doyle became a dedicated spiritualist. ... On this day in 1934, the auto safety advocate and activist Ralph Nader,...
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Dr. Joseph Bell surgeon, real Sherlock Holmes model, Conan Doyle  Professor Joseph Bell, real Sherlock Holmes. ... He became a renowned lecturer of the medical university in Edinburgh, Scotland. ... With tricks like that he tested the thoughtfulness of the students and at the same time ... At his time happened one of the most brutal and notorious series of murder. ... Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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The Sign of the Four Characters | GradeSaver  Sherlock Holmes is a brilliant detective, with an exceptionally keen eye for detail. He is known for ... of observation. Watson is later married to Ms. Mary Morstan.
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Sherlock Holmes by Maxie Southern on Prezi  Sherlock Holmes The Foe Professor James Moriarty described by Holmes as the "Napoleon of Crime". Only man whose intelligence ever proved to be a match...