Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born on May 22, 1859, in Edinburgh, Scotland, to Charles Altamont Doyle and Mary Doyle. The Doyle's were a very prosperous Irish-Catholic family, who found their work in the field of art. Arthur's father, Charles, was a devoted alcoholic who was the only member of the Doyle family to be worthless and never accomplish anything, accepted rearing a very brilliant son. Arthur was a very bright young man at age five he wrote a story to his Great-uncle Michael Conan who was very much impressed with young Arthur's writing capabilities. When Arthur reached the age of nine all the w

Arthur Doyle married his first wife Miss Louis Hawkins, which he dearly loved, and with her had two dear children. In 1889 the Doyle's were blessed with their first child, a baby boy. Later in their marriage Louis came down with tuberculosis, which the doctors said that there was nothing they could do for her. Arthur decided to prove them wrong, he took his family to spend a winter in Egypt, which Arthur figured would slow down the illness. In 1896 The Doyle's settled in Hindhead, Surrey to help minimize the illness the air was pure enough that it helped her live for thirteen more years. On March 15, 1897 Arthur met the other love of his life, Miss Jean Leckie. For many years Arthur had an open and secret affair. After the death of his first wife, in 1907, Arthur married and had two children with Jean. Arthur may have had some battles with his wives, but we do not know that for sure but on thing we do know is that he went through some real battles.

The Doyle's were Irish-Catholics and very strongly believed in their religion. "For centuries his family had been not only Catholics, but Catholics of the most formidably devout kind. Uncle Dick, easygoing as he seemed, had instantly thrown up a job worth eight hundred a year when Punch ridiculed the Pope. Arthur could imagine Aunt Annette, stately in her shawl at Cambridge Terrace; Uncle James, Uncle Henry. They had more than hinted that, once he had setup his own practice (in London, of course), Catholic influence would not be lacking to bring him patients.

Between all of his works and studies he read and wrote books. Arthur wrote the short story "The Mystery of Sasassa Valley" which is the first story he had published. He also wrote several more short stories but I'm not going to name any off. For many of his stories he received acknowledgement, even though they were acknowledged all of his stories accept "The American Tale" returned with editorial regrets. The book that had effected him the most was The Golden Bug by Edgar Allen Poe. Arthur liked Poe's stories so much that he read them to his family and friends, all of the stories scared everyone. Edgar Allen Poe was the most inspirational to Arthur that he became Arthur's idol. Once Arthur began writing the Sherlock Holmes stories he started to get all of his fame. Even though the first two Holmes stories received little acknowledgement the third Holmes story A Scandal in Bohemia received a ton of attention. Arthur figured that Holmes took his mind from better things and that Historical Romance novels were his calling. In 1892 Arthur published four books and in 1884 he published three more and worked on one. In 1892 six Holmes stories were published through the Strand and another was to be published that December. In 1902 The Hound of Bakersville was published, and in 1905 Return of Sherlock Holmes was published through the Strand. Most of Doyle's works were published with the Strand, which offered him 30 pounds for his Holmes stories. The first Holmes story in seven or eight years was The Adventure of the Empty House. His final work was his Autobiography, which was written in 1924 just six years before his death. Even though it seemed like Arthur was a bookworm he was still a very sporty man and loved to participate in many sports, which he did throughout his life.

ealthy members of the Doyle family offered to pay for his education. All the way to England, where he attended school now, the poor lad was all teared up because he had to leave the sanctity of his home while he went to the Jesuit boarding school for the next seven years.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a great man. He was a knight, a soldier, a loving husband, a spiritualist, a doctor, a journalist, and most important an adventurer. "Whenever we read the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, Professor Challenger, Brigadier Gerard, or his many other creations, we encounter Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. For there is something

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