SHERLOCK HOLMES : Investigates

SHERLOCK HOLMES

He's name is Sherlock Holmes. He's a scientific detective.
He solve crimes by logical reasoning and with the help of
scientific instruments like forceps and magnifying glasses.
When he's at home he likes to relax and be comfortable.
At home He often wear my purple dressing - gown and
smoke a pipe.


Arthur Conan-Doyle

The author, (Sir) Arthur Conan-Doyle wrote his first Holmes story, A Study In Scarlet, in 1886. Sherlock Holmes, a fictitious character was based on a real man, Dr Joseph Bell, a renown forensic scientist at Edinburgh University whom Conan-Doyle studied under. Conan-Doyle wrote 56 self contained short stories & 4 novels (60 adventures in total) The collection is known as The Cannon.

The first Sherlock Holmes film was produced in 1900. In 1939 the novels were developed as a series of films staring Basil Rathbone, establishing the trademark deerstalker, pipe & spyglass as a global visual icon. Conan Doyle wrote four novels and fifty-six short stories that feature Holmes. The first two stories, short novels appeared in Beeton's Christmas Annual for 1887 and Lippincott's Monthly Magazine in 1890, respectively.