who created sherlock holmes

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created Sherlock Holmes.

Quick Scoop

• Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective invented by Scottish writer Arthur Conan Doyle in the late 19th century.

• Holmes first appeared in the novel A Study in Scarlet , published in 1887.

• Conan Doyle drew inspiration for Holmes’s sharp observation and deduction methods from his real-life medical professor Dr. Joseph Bell.

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