Although Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is often regarded as just an author, he was much more. His works were inspired by the times and the people he met, and his literary influence remains relevant today.
On May 22, 1859 Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland to Charles and Mary Doyle. He was their third child, and one of ten children all together. Charles Doyle was a political cartoonist and civil servant who earned only £300 per year, so money was very tight in the household. Partially due to his father’s alcoholism and mental instability, he and Charles weren’t ever close. However, he and his mother were. Mary was passionate about books and was a gifted storyteller. Charles reflected on this in one of his biographies saying, "In my early childhood, as far as I can remember anything at all, the vivid stories she would tell me stand out so clearly that they obscure the real facts of my life.” (http://www.sherlockholmesonline.org/ biography/index.htm)
Since money was so scarce, their prosperous extended family offered to pay for Arthur’s schooling when he turned nine (http://www.sherlockholmesonline.org /biography/index.htm). He was sent to a Jesuit boarding school in London called Hodder, and hated it from the beginning. After arriving there he began to develop an interests in Cricket and reading. He became such an avid reader that he was told by the librarian that he was only allowed to exchange books twice a day, at the most (Carr 9). After two years of attending Hodder, he went to its senior sister school Stonyhurst. Once there, he joined the Cricket team and developed a knack for storytelling, but it didn’t improve his opinions of the school. Stonyhurst strictly based its teaching on classics such as Virgi...
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...e very advanced for the times. Scientists actually began using some of these techniques after his story A Study in Scarlet was published. It featured things such as firearms identification and new serology principles.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is one of the most influential writers that has ever existed. His literary works were inspired by occurrences in his life and people he met. His influence extended over a broad spectrum, including film, television, literature, and even new scientific developments. Few have stood the test of time, but Conan Doyle certainly managed to do so.
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