Sherlock holmes

Sherlock Holmes |

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First appearance | 1887 |
Created by | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
Episode count | Four novels
Fifty-six short stories
Canon of Sherlock Holmes |
Information |Gender | Male |
Occupation | Consulting detective |
Family | Mycroft Holmes (brother) |
Nationality | English |

Biography

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character of the late nineteenth andearly twentieth centuries who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A brilliant London-based "consulting detective", Holmes isfamous for his intellectual prowess and is renowned for his skilful use of astute observation, deductive reasoning and forensic skills to solve difficult cases.
Conan Doyle wrote four novels andfifty-six short stories that feature Holmes. The first story, A Study in Scarlet, appeared in Beeton's Christmas Annual in 1887 and Lippincott's Monthly Magazine in 1890, respectively. The character grewtremendously in popularity with the beginning of the first series of short stories in The Strand Magazine in 1891; further series of short stories and two serialized novels appeared until 1927. Thestories cover a period from around 1875 up to 1907, with a final case in 1914.
All but four stories are narrated by Holmes' friend and biographer, Dr. John H. Watson, two are narrated by Holmeshimself and two others are written in the third person. In two stories ("The Musgrave Ritual" and "The Adventure of the Gloria Scott"), Holmes tells Watson the main story from his memories, where as Watsonbecomes the narrator of the frame story.
Conan Doyle said that the character of Holmes was inspired by Dr. Joseph Bell, for whom Doyle had worked as a clerk at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. LikeHolmes, Bell was noted for drawing large conclusions from the smallest observations.

Retirement

Holmes retires to a bee farm on the Sussex Downs in 1903-04, where he takes up the hobby of...