Who was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) was a British writer and physician, best known for creating the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes. Doyle's creation of Sherlock Holmes, first introduced in "A Study in Scarlet" (1887), revolutionized the detective genre and made him one of the most famous and enduring fictional detectives in literary history.

Doyle's career spanned various genres and interests. Besides the Holmes stories, he wrote historical novels, science fiction, and adventure tales. Some of his notable works include "The Lost World" (1912), which introduced the character Professor Challenger and is considered a pioneering work in the genre of lost world fiction.

In addition to his literary career, Doyle was a physician and an advocate for spiritualism, a movement that sought to communicate with the dead. His interest in spiritualism grew after the death of his first wife and continued throughout his life, leading him to write extensively on the subject and lecture about it.

Doyle's contributions to literature and his varied interests made him a prominent figure in his time, and his work continues to be celebrated and influential.