Arthur Conan Doyle Accomplishments

“The world if full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes”. That is a quote by Sherlock Holmes in the Hound of Baskervilles. Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on May 22, 1859. Originally published in 1887, A Study in Scarlet, was Conan Doyle’s introduction to the wonderful characters Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Conan Doyle would go on to write about 60 more stories about the cunning detective Sherlock Holmes. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s works were influenced by his medical education, his trips, and his faith in Spiritualism. The Doyles were a prosperous Irish-Catholic family (arthurconandoyle.com, 1). Arthur’s father, Charles, was a pretty successful artist but was also an alcoholic. Arthur’s mother,
The whaling boat left for the Arctic Circle and first stopped near the shores of Greenland. He was fascinated by the whale hunt although the fierceness of the hunters shocked him. This adventure inspired Conan Doyle to write Captain of the Pole Star, which was a book about the sea (arthurconandoyle.com, 1). In 1880, Conan Doyle returned to the University to continue his medical education. Back at Edinburgh, Conan Doyle became increasingly interested in Spiritualism, which he would later right many books about. A year later Conan Doyle received his “Bachelor of Medicine and Master of Surgery degree (arthurconandoyle.com, 1). By that time he had completely converted to Spiritualism and he had given up his Catholic beliefs. Conan Doyle’s first paying job as a doctor was a medical officer on a steamer which was traveling between Liverpool and the west coast of Africa. Conan Doyle did not like Africa as much as he like the Artic so quickly gave up that job as soon as they he got back to England. After a short period with a crooked partner in Portsmith, Conan Doyle set up his own practice. During the next few years, he was dividing his time between being a new doctor and also trying to be a successful author (biography.com,