The Author - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The real mastermind of the Sherlock Holmes character as well as the numerous of books written is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Originally pushed to follow the profession in the medical sector, Arthur studied at the University of Edinburgh. Having spent a lot of time partaking medical studies, Arthur wrote his first story, _The Mystery of Sasassa. _This lead to a craze of stories being produced by Doyle, but by far the most famous and notable stories of Arthur was the Sherlock Holmes series. The Sherlock Holmes character was inspired by many different people and events that had occured throughout Doyle’s life
Arthur’s father was known for being a chronic alcoholic, which has been linked into the Sherlock Holmes character as when not active on a case, Sherlock was hinted into abusing alcohol due to mainly being bored although the more modern Sherlock series have tried to remove it as it is a sensitive subject.
The main influence of the Sherlock Holmes character was a man called Joseph Bell, a surgeon at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. Bell had a particular interest in forensic science (the scientific study of criminal and civil law), this is one of Sherlock’s main traits and is clearly inspired by Bell’s interest. Doyle worked with Bell as a clerk for a period of time and took the characteristics, activity and way of thinking of Joseph Bell to inspire him to make the great detective that is Sherlock Holmes.