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A Tribute To
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born on May 22, 1859, in Edinburgh, Scotland.
There is nothing I like better than kicking back and reading a good mystery, especially a Sherlock Holmes mystery. So here's a special page just for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes.
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Sherlock Holmes NEVER said, "Elementary, my dear Watson".
Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's brilliant detective, arrived on the mystery scene in the late nineteenth century in "A Study in Scarlet" (1887).
Sherlock Holmes is the most portrayed character on film, having been played by 72 actors in 204 films. The historical character
most represented in films is Napoleon Bonaparte, with 194 film portrayals. Abraham Lincoln is the U.S. President to be portrayed most on film, with 136 films featuring actors playing the role.
The "Calabash" pipe, most often associated with Sherlock Holmes, was not used by him until William Gillette (an American) portrayed Holmes on stage. Gillette needed a pipe he could keep in his mouth while he spoke his lines.
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A good book is always on tap; it may be decanted and drunk a hundred times, and it is still there for further imbibement. ~Holbrook Jackson
