Sherlock
Holmes is a fictional character created by Scottish author
and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a graduate of the University
of Edinburgh Medical School. A London-based "consulting detective"
whose abilities border on the fantastic, Holmes is known for his astute logical
reasoning, his ability to adopt almost any disguise and his use of forensic
science to solve difficult cases.
Holmes,
who first appeared in print in 1887, was featured in four novels and 56 short
stories. The first novel, A Study in Scarlet, appeared in Beeton's
Christmas Annual in 1887 and the second, The Sign of the Four,
in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine in 1890. The character's
popularity grew with the first series of short stories in The Strand
Magazine, beginning with "A Scandal in Bohemia" in 1891;
additional short-story series and two novels (published in serial form)
appeared from then to 1927. The events in the stories take place from about
1880 to 1914
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