Arthur conan doyle

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

By Laia Fernández Barrio

  • Birth

    Birth
    Arthur Conan Doyle was born on the 22nd of May of 1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland

  • Leaving to England to study

    On his 9th birthday, the wealthy members of his family paid for his studies, and he left to England to a Jesuit boarding school, where he spent the next seven years of his life

  • Graduating

    Graduating
    By 1876 Arthur Doyle was graduating from school at age of seventeen (in the picture, a plaque in honor of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in Edinburgh University. This picture isn't found on the school he graduated from in 1876, thogh)
  • Period: to

    University

    He studied from 1879 to 1881 in the Edinburgh University

  • First book

    First book
    In 1880 Arthur Doyle wrote and published his first book, called "The Surgeon of Gaster Fell"

  • First work

    First work
    By 1882 Arthur Doyle started his first job as a doctor in Southsea. He started writing short stories while waiting for his patients
    .
    (in the picture, ACD after graduating)

  • First Sherlock Holmes

    First Sherlock Holmes
    While working, his first Sherlock Holmes book was published. It was the book "A Study in Scarlet". Sherlock was inspired by Professor Joseph Bell, one of his university teachers (picture of the teacher)

  • Marriage to Louisa Hawkings

    Marriage to Louisa Hawkings
    Arthur married Louisa Hawkings and had two children, Mary and Kingsley. The marriage lasted until 1906 when Louisa died. (in the picture, Louisa)

  • Marriage to Jean Leckie

    Marriage to Jean Leckie
    A year after Louisa's death, Doyle married Jean Leckie and had three children with her (in the picture, the picture of their wedding)

  • Death

    Death
    Arthur Conan Doyle died aged 71 in Crowborough, East Sussex