Today is the birth date of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930), creator of Sherlock Holmes, the greatest detective the world has ever known (sorry Nero Wolfe). Of course Doyle created other characters and other stories, but it's for giving birth (literary-ly speaking) to Holmes, that he is remembered most today - something which might or might not have pleased him.
Though generally regarded as an English writer, Doyle was born, spent his early life and studied medicine in Edinburgh, Scotland.
I am pleased to note the epitapth on his gravestone: Steel true - Blade straight - Arthur Conan Doyle - Knight - Patriot, Physician and Man of Letters.
Sherlock Holmes
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