A Study in Scarlet was a full length detective novel by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Published in 1887, the story marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would become among the most famous characters in literature.
A Study in Scarlet was the first work of fiction to mention a magnifying glass being used as an investigative tool and is the reason we still connect this item with detectives today.
A Study In Scarlet features an evil Mormon plot and Brigham Young in a villainous role.
Strand Magazine published the first of their 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories, A Scandal In Bohemia, on June 25, 1891.
Arthur Conan Doyle modeled Sherlock Holmes after a professor at the University of Edinburgh - Dr. Bell who could diagnose a patient's problems almost purely by looking at him or her.
Conan Doyle chose the name Sherlock in honor of Nottingham cricketers Mordecai Sherwin and Frank Shacklock. Originally it was Sherringford Holmes.
The first name of Holmes' colleague, Dr Watson, is John but his wife calls him James in The Man With the Twisted Lip.
Holmes often said "elementary" and "My dear Watson" but never "Elementary my dear Watson."
Sherlock Holmes and his nemesis Professor Moriarty supposedly fell to their deaths from the Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland on May 4, 1891. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had decided to kill off Holmes in an 1893 short story, The Final Problem, so he could get on with more serious writing. He'd decided the Reichenbach Falls was the exit he wanted for his fictional detective after seeing them during a holiday with his wife in Switzerland. Doyle later relented.
The death of Sherlock Holmes almost destroyed Strand Magazine. When Arthur Conan Doyle killed him off in 1893, 20,000 people cancelled their subscriptions. The magazine barely survived. Its staff referred to Holmes’ death as "the dreadful event."
After Conan Doyle killed off Sherlock in The Final Problem, readers got upset and relentlessly pressured the author to resurrect the character. In 1901 Doyle released The Hound of the Baskervilles in a bid to pacify, and finally in 1903 he resurrected Holmes in the The Adventure of the Empty House.
Sherlock Holmes Baffled was the first film to feature Conan Doyle's fictional detective. It was a 30-second silent spoof released in the US on April 25, 1900.
Sherlock Holmes has been depicted on screen over 255 times, a world record for the most portrayed literary human character in film and TV.
Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays Sherlock Holmes on BBC's Sherlock, is distantly related to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a huge Sherlock Holmes fan and co-wrote a novel about Sherlock Holmes's brother, Mycroft.
The Sherlock Holmes Museum, officially at 221b Baker Street, London, is actually at number 239.
Source Daily Express
A Study in Scarlet was the first work of fiction to mention a magnifying glass being used as an investigative tool and is the reason we still connect this item with detectives today.
A Study In Scarlet features an evil Mormon plot and Brigham Young in a villainous role.
Strand Magazine published the first of their 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories, A Scandal In Bohemia, on June 25, 1891.
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| Illustration of the short story A Scandal in Bohemia, which appeared in The Strand Magazine |
Arthur Conan Doyle modeled Sherlock Holmes after a professor at the University of Edinburgh - Dr. Bell who could diagnose a patient's problems almost purely by looking at him or her.
Conan Doyle chose the name Sherlock in honor of Nottingham cricketers Mordecai Sherwin and Frank Shacklock. Originally it was Sherringford Holmes.
The first name of Holmes' colleague, Dr Watson, is John but his wife calls him James in The Man With the Twisted Lip.
Holmes often said "elementary" and "My dear Watson" but never "Elementary my dear Watson."
Sherlock Holmes and his nemesis Professor Moriarty supposedly fell to their deaths from the Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland on May 4, 1891. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had decided to kill off Holmes in an 1893 short story, The Final Problem, so he could get on with more serious writing. He'd decided the Reichenbach Falls was the exit he wanted for his fictional detective after seeing them during a holiday with his wife in Switzerland. Doyle later relented.
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| Holmes and Moriarty struggle at the Reichenbach Falls; drawing by Sidney Paget |
The death of Sherlock Holmes almost destroyed Strand Magazine. When Arthur Conan Doyle killed him off in 1893, 20,000 people cancelled their subscriptions. The magazine barely survived. Its staff referred to Holmes’ death as "the dreadful event."
After Conan Doyle killed off Sherlock in The Final Problem, readers got upset and relentlessly pressured the author to resurrect the character. In 1901 Doyle released The Hound of the Baskervilles in a bid to pacify, and finally in 1903 he resurrected Holmes in the The Adventure of the Empty House.
Sherlock Holmes Baffled was the first film to feature Conan Doyle's fictional detective. It was a 30-second silent spoof released in the US on April 25, 1900.
Sherlock Holmes has been depicted on screen over 255 times, a world record for the most portrayed literary human character in film and TV.
Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays Sherlock Holmes on BBC's Sherlock, is distantly related to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a huge Sherlock Holmes fan and co-wrote a novel about Sherlock Holmes's brother, Mycroft.
The Sherlock Holmes Museum, officially at 221b Baker Street, London, is actually at number 239.
Source Daily Express
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