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Arthur Conan Doyle, British writer and physician, known for british writer and physician, was born on 1859-05-22.

Arthur Conan Doyle, British writer and physician, known for british writer and physician, was born on 1859-05-22. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr.

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Arthur Conan Doyle is British writer and physician.

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Arthur Conan Doyle

writer and physician

British writer and physician

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Arthur Conan Doyle, British writer and physician, known for british writer and physician, was born on 1859-05-22. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr.
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