A Life in Pictures

From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia


Arthur Conan Doyle was born in 1859 and died in 1930. Here is a collection of photos where he was photographed, ordered chronologically, and thus resuming his life. For photos of his Family, check the pages of each individuals.

1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930
1860 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930
1861 1881 1891 1901 1911 1921
1882 1892 1902 1912 1922
1863 1873 1893 1903 1913 1923
1864 1884 1894 1904 1914 1924
1865 1875 1885 1895 1905 1915 1925
1866 1876 1896 1906 1916 1926
1867 1887 1897 1907 1917 1927
1898 1908 1928
1859 1869 1899 1909 1919 1929 Undated


Copyright mentions are displayed in the photo descriptions (click on photos). Many thanks to the Toronto Public Library.

1859

1860

1861

1863

1864

1865

1866

1867-1868

1869-1875

1873

1875

1876

1880

1881

1882

1884

1885

1887

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

UK

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Switzerland

USA

1895

1896

1897

1898

1899


1900

London

Dr. Conan Doyle. - Mr. Langman. MR. LANGMAN'S HOSPITAL CORPS FOR "THE FRONT": TAKEN OUTSIDE HEADQUARTERS OF THE ST. GEORGE'S RIFLES, DAVIES STREET, W. From a photograph by Alfred Ellis and Walery, Baker Street, W.


South Africa

Arthur Conan Doyle in uniform (ca. 1900).

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UK

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1901

Dr. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Charles Lawes, Bart., and Eugen Sandow judging Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal Winners from every part of the United Kingdom in the competition at the Royal Albert Hall, for Gold, Silver, and Bronze Statuettes of Eugen Sandow (14 september 1901).

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

Wedding (18 september)

Honeymoon (september-november)

Misc.

1908

1909

1910

1911

Prince Henry Tour

1912


France

1913

1914

USA

Canada

UK

1915

1916

UK

France

Italy

1917

1919

1920

UK

India, Australia & New Zealand Tour

ca. 1920


Arthur Conan Doyle and his family ca. 1920. From left to right: Denis, Lena Jean, Lady Jean Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Adrian.

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1921

Australia

UK

1922

USA

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UK

1923

USA / Canada



Jean and Arthur Conan Doyle with Douglas Fairbanks (2nd right) and his wife Mary Pickford (3rd right) (august 1923) Embed from Getty Images


UK


Belgium

1924

UK

Switzerland

1925

1926

1927

1928


Africa

1929

Sweden

UK

1930

Undated

If you have informations about the dates, please contact us.

ca. 1890

ca. 1902

1897~1907

1907~1930


1916~1918

1920s

1925~1930


Unknown date


...more to come...






  1. According to Martin Booth in "A Biography of Arthur Conan Doyle" (Hodder & Stoughton, 1997)