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Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born on May 22, 1859, in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Doyles were a prosperous Irish-Catholic family, who had a prominent position in the world of Art. Charles Altamont Doyle, Arthur's father, a chronic alcoholic, was the only member of his family, who apart from fathering a brilliant son, never accomplished anything of note. At the age of twenty-two, Charles had married Mary Foley, a vivacious and very well educated young woman of seventeen.
Mary Doyle had a passion for books and was a master storyteller. Her son Arthur wrote of his mother's gift of "sinking her voice to a horror-stricken whisper" when she reached the culminating point of a story. There was little money in the family and even less harmony on account of his father's excesses and erratic behavior. Arthur's touching description of his mother's beneficial influence is also poignantly described in his biography, "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."
After Arthur reached his ninth birthday, the wealthy members of the Doyle family offered to pay for his studies. He was in tears all the way to England, where for seven years he had to go to a Jesuit boarding school. Arthur loathed the bigotry surrounding his studies and rebelled at corporal punishment, which was prevalent and incredibly brutal in most English schools of that epoch.
During those grueling years, Arthur's only moments of happiness were when he wrote to his mother, a regular habit that lasted for the rest of her life, and also when he practiced sports, mainly cricket, at which he was very good. It was during these difficult years at boarding school, that Arthur realized he also had a talent for storytelling. He was often found, surrounded by a bevy of totally enraptured younger students, listening to the amazing stories he would make up to amuse them.
By 1876, graduating at the age of seventeen, Arthur Doyle, (as he was called, before adding his middle name "Conan" to his surname), was a surprisingly normal young man. With his innate sense of humor and his sportsmanship, having ruled out any feelings of self-pity, Arthur was ready and willing to face the world and make up for some of his father's shortcomings. Continued...
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Arthur Conan Doyle was a famous British writer best known by the series of books about Sherlock Holmes. At the same time he led a medical career and supported spiritualism. The author of subtle detective stories was born on May 22nd, 1859, in the family of Irish Catholics. He got his middle name in honor of his father’s uncle, who was a writer and painter. His mother, Mary Foley, was passionate about literature and books. She had a great talent of a narrator that Arthur inherited. The future writer had to grow in a strange family, as his father suffered from alcoholism and had psychological problems. They often experienced financial difficulties. When the boy was 9, some rich relatives offered to pay his education at a noble Jesuit college.

While studying, Arthur developed hatred of class and religious prejudice, as well as physical punishment. The only happy moment were connected with the encouraging letters he received from his mother. At school his favourite pastimes were cricket and storytelling. The classmates often gathered around him and spent hours listening to his fictional stories. In 1876, he graduated from college and returned to his native Edinburgh. At that time his father was in bad condition and had to be placed in a psychiatric hospital. Under the influence of Dr. Waller, who rented a room in their house, Arthur decided to pursue medical career and entered the University of Edinburgh. There, he met future writers R. L. Stevenson and J. Barrie. As a student, he tried his talent in literary field.

The first story that he wrote was “The Mystery of Sasassa Valley”. He created it under the influence of his favourite writers’ works. At that time he admired E. A. Poe and B. Harte. The same year he wrote “The American Tale” which was published in “London Society” journal. In 1880, he travelled and worked as a doctor on a ship’s board. This period of his life was later described in his autobiography. A year later he explored the western coastline of Africa working on a steamship’s board. In 1882, he opened the first medical cabinet in Portsmouth. In his free time he wrote detective stories. In 1885, he married Louise Hawkins. A year later, he seriously took up literature. Soon, he published “A Study in Scarlet” story, where for the first time he mentioned Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

In 1891, Doyle decided to quit his medical practice and concentrate on writing. The same year the magazine “Strand” asked him to write more detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. Starting from 1892 he travelled a lot with his family. At the same time he was working on the novel “Uncle Barnak”. In 1896, Arthur was again in England and he wrote his first theater play called “Sherlock Holmes”. In 1906, his wife died and he remarried the next year. With his new wife he had three more children. During the World War I, Doyle lost many friends and close relatives. In the early 1920s, he took up spiritualism and lectured this science in many countries. His last book “The Maracot Deep and Other Stories” was written in 1929. The writer died on July 7th, 1930 of a heart attack.
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