Sherlock Holmes' author was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930). Doyle was born in Scotland on May 22, 1859, to an English father and an Irish Catholic mother. At university, Doyle studied medicine under Professor Dr. Joseph Bell. Doyle was also starting to develop his literary career. Doyle worked as a doctor for a time but struggled to get his practice off the ground and found he was more interested in writing. In 1887, he published the...