Research Links: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
In addition to the Sherlock Holmes mysteries, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle also wrote more than 50 other books. He wrote historical novels like The White Company (about knights in the late 14th century), science fiction (The Lost World with Professor Challenger), supernatural tales, adventure on the high seas, short stories featuring the comic French cavalry officer Brigadier Gerard, poetry, and many other topics.
Conan Doyle was not only an author -- he was a physician, sportsman, political pamphleteer, and campaigner for Spiritualism. A famous and well-traveled man, Conan Doyle had associations with many of the leading figures of the Victorian and Edwardian eras.
- A good starting place for information about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is the Friends of the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection at the Toronto Reference Library.
- The City of Westminster Library has an online version of their Arthur Conan Doyle Exhibition in addition to their Sherlock Holmes Collection.
- Smithsonian Magazine wrote about Sherlockian London landmarks when the new Sherlock Holmes film came out on Christmas Day 2009.
- Copyright information on Sherlock Holmes and the Adventures reveals a complicated history.
- There is always something in Wikipedia but, because anyone can add information, it is best to confirm what you find with another source.
- It can be interesting to start at the end rather than the beginning: Arthur Conan Doyle's obituary appeared in the New York Times.
- The Literature Network has biographical information on Arthur Conan Doyle with links to Sherlockian and non-Sherlockian texts.
- Sherlockian.net has a brief biography with numerous links to other resources about the author.
- In The Chronicles of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes is just the beginning...