Bell had the uncanny ability to reveal a patient's symptoms, diagnose patients and report on their origins before they would speak a word to him about their afflictions. Doyle himself was an admirer of Edgar Allan Poe and Emile Gaboriau.In developing his own literary character, Doyle based Sherlock Holmes on Doctor Joseph Bell, a surgeon and teacher he had studied with while attending Edinburgh University. Doyle's father was an architect, designer and book illustrator. Creativity was apparent in Doyle's ancestry: his grandfather was a famous caricaturist and his uncle was a well-known illustrator. After graduation Doyle practiced medicine until 1891, when he became a full time writer. Doyle's mother kept a boarding house.Doyle was educated in Jesuit schools and later studied at Edinburgh University, qualifying as a doctor in 1885. His father suffered from epilepsy and alcoholism and was institutionalised. You are here: Home > Conan Doyle Conan DoyleĪrthur Conan Doyle was born on at Picardy Place, Edinburgh, the son of Charles Altamont Doyle, a civil servant in the Edinburgh Office of Works, and Mary (Foley) Doyle.
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