Facts About Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is the writer behind the Sherlock Holmes novels and classics like The Lost World. He led quite an interesting life. He was a medical doctor, a wonderful novelist, a patriot, innovator and spiritualist. The story of his life is a long and intriguing tale, but we do not have room here to tell it all. So, listed here are some of the more interesting facts about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

After Sir Arthur Conan Doyle killed off Sherlock Holmes in the final problem, the Strand lost 20,000 readers overnight. The Strand had been publishing all of the Sherlock stories and that many people at least were reading it just for Sherlock Holmes. Doyle later wrote a prequel and eventually brought back the popular hero.

Despite being a very astute and academic man, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle believed in fairies and ghosts. He even joined the British Society for Psychical Research. He and the other members would investigate supposed psychic happenings at the scene of the occurrence. He was often convinced that sightings of ghosts and such were real. Read more of this article. Image source.