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Arthur Conan Doyle

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Arthur Conan Doyle

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, KStJ, DL (English: Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle; May 22, 1859 - July 7, 1930), was a British novelist and physician. He became a writer of detective novels because he created the successful detective character Sherlock Holmes. In addition, he has also written many other types of novels, such as science fiction, history, romance novels, dramas, poetry, etc.

Category
Writers
Nationality
united kingdom of great britain and ireland
Born
1859-05-22
Died
1930-07-07
Wikidata
Q35610
Occupations doctorphysician writernovelistessayistplaywrightscreenwriterscience fiction writerchildren's literature writermystery writershort story writerhistorianwriter
Aliases Arthur Conan DoyleArthur Conan, Sir DoyleSir A. Conan DoyleArthur Ignatius Conan DoyleSir Arthur Ignatius Conan DoyleArthur Conan Doyleconan doyleconan doyleArthur Conan DoyleArthur Conan DoyleSir Arthur Conan DoyleSir Arthur Conan Doyle
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