Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a British writer and physician. He is best known for four novels and fifty-six short stories about the consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. Watson, which count among the milestones of crime fiction. He also created the scientist adventurer Professor Challenger. He produced over two hundred stories and articles, four volumes of poetry and a number of works for the stage, and was knighted by King Edward VII in 1902. Born in Edinburgh, he published his earliest stories while studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh.