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Birth
Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland into an Irish Roman Catholic family of noted artistic achievement. -
Birth
Conan Doyle is born on May 22 in Edinburgh, Scotland -
School
Conan Doyle is sent to boarding school in England. -
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Studies
He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh from 1876 to 1881 and he meets Dr. Joseph Bell, the person who inspired the character of Sherlock Holmes. -
Work
In 1882 he began working as a doctor in Southsea. -
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Married to Louisa Hawkins
They married and had two children but in the First World War Louisa Hawkins and her son were killed. -
First published story
His first published Sherlock Holmes story was Study in Scarlet. -
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
continued to write stories that were later collected in five volumes that would become "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes". -
Married to Jean Leckie
A year after Louisa's death in 1906, he married Jean Leckie and had three children, Denis, Adrian and Jean. -
Death
He died of natural causes on 7 July 1930 at the age of 71.