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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Standard Name: Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
Birth Name: Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle
Self-constructed Name: A. Conan Doyle
Titled: Sir
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
, active in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, was a journalist, novelist, and short-story writer, a scientific, medical, and spiritualist writer, and an autobiographer. His fame rests on his creation of the detective-hero Sherlock Holmes, whose adventures filled nine volumes when collected.
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Education | Enid Bagnold | This small, progressive school, which emphasized the study of art, literature, and theatre, was founded and headed by Julia (Mrs Leonard) Huxley
, mother of Aldous Huxley
and sister of the novelist Mary Augusta Ward |
| Education | Sophia Jex-Blake | Her admission was strongly opposed by many faculty members on the basis of gender, but most fervently by Sir Robert Christison
. Jex-Blake had some supporters within the faculty as well, including Professor David Masson |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Mary Agnes Hamilton | Apart from teaching his children outdoor skills on family holidays, he walked Mary Agnes daily to her first school in Aberdeen, talking with her all the way as to an intellectual equal, and dropping words... |
| Friends, Associates | Edith Somerville | ES
attended a meeting of 8,000 spiritualists in the Albert Hall in London; speakers included Conan Doyle
. Collis, Maurice. Somerville and Ross: A Biography. Faber and Faber. 229 |
| Friends, Associates | Flora Thompson | Grayshott offered more extensive opportunities. As well as offering the usual library and penny readings, it was a centre for literary celebrities. During her work in the post-office FT
observed and caught snatches of the... |
| Friends, Associates | Katherine Cecil Thurston | Through the New Vagabonds Club
, KCT
may have met several other prominent authors of the day, including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
, Grant Allen
, Pearl Craigie
(who went by the pseudonym John Oliver... |
| Friends, Associates | Mary Elizabeth Braddon | The Maxwells had frequent house guests and entertained regularly at both their houses. Later friends and acquaintances included Robert Browning
, Mary Cholmondeley
, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
, Ford Madox Ford
, Thomas Hardy |
| Friends, Associates | Rudyard Kipling | Kipling's fame brought easy acquaintances with celebrities. In November 1894, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
stayed as a guest in his American home. On the death in Samoa of Robert Louis Stevenson
(whom he had never... |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Emmuska, Baroness Orczy | Her very first fiction, rejected with a kind message of encouragement from Mr Everett
of C. Arthur Pearson
, later became the germ of her successful first novel, The Emperor's Candlesticks. She had hit... |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Margiad Evans | As a story-teller Evans has a sure grasp, making every tiny detail contribute to an effect which is understated but emotionally powerful. The named character in Miss Potts and Music is largely a peg for... |
| Leisure and Society | May Crommelin | MC
was a member of the Albemarle Club
. Who Was Who in Literature, 1906-1934. Gale Research. vol. 1 |
| Literary responses | Ann Radcliffe | Anna Seward
, in letters which were to be published in AR
's lifetime, mixed her praise of her gothic oeuvre with some trenchant criticism. Norton, Rictor. Mistress of Udolpho: The Life of Ann Radcliffe. Leicester University Press. 221-2 |
| Literary responses | Mary Augusta Ward | Arthur Conan Doyle
considered this novel better than anything George Eliot
had written. Sutherland, John. Mrs. Humphry Ward. Clarendon Press. 243 |
| Literary responses | Mary Augusta Ward | Despite the vicissitudes in the sales of her fiction, MAW
remained a major public figure from the time of Robert Elsmere's success until her death. Her popularity was in large part due to her... |
| Publishing | Anne Marsh | Harriet Martineau
was amazed when AM
first read her one of these tales, The Admiral's Daughter, and felt that their hostess later that evening (Sarah Wedgwood
) must have been almost equally amazed... |
Timeline
18 January 1879: The Evangelical Boy's Own Paper was launched;...
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18 January 1879
The Evangelical Boy's Own Paper was launched; it circulated at a cost of one shilling.
January 1891: The middle-class monthly Strand Magazine...
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January 1891
The middle-class monthlyStrand Magazine began publication.
3 August 1916: In the aftermath of the Easter Rising, Irish...
National or international item
3 August 1916
In the aftermath of the Easter Rising, Irish nationalist Roger Casement
, formerly Sir Roger, was executed for treason at Pentonville Prison
in London for attempting to smuggle a shipment of German arms to Ireland.
13 July 1930: Six days after Sir Arthur Conan Doyle died,...
Writing climate item
13 July 1930
Six days after Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
died, a seance was held as a memorial tribute at the Albert Hall in London.
October 1950: A Gallup Poll found that 48 percent of respondents...
Writing climate item
October 1950
A Gallup
Poll found that 48 percent of respondents read detective fiction; among the favourite authors were Edgar Wallace
, Conan Doyle
, and Agatha Christie
.
Texts
Mathers, Helen et al. The Fate of Fenella. Cassell, 1892.