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[[File:Arthur-benjamin-reeve.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Arthur B. Reeve]]
[[File:the-washington-times-1920-03-21-p25-ad-kennedy-reeve-nicknames.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[The Washington Times]]<br />(21 march 1920, p. 25)]]

Arthur Benjamin Reeve (15 october 1880 - 9 august 1936) was an American mystery writer. He is best known for creating the series character of the scientific detective Professor Craig Kennedy and his Dr. Watson-like sidekick Walter Jameson, a newspaper reporter.

He also wrote some ''Adventures of Clare Kendall, Woman Detective'' (1913) and ''Novel Experiences of Guy Garrick, Detective'' (1915).

His main detective, Craig Kennedy, was often called ''The American Sherlock Holmes'' by the press, and they also called the author Arthur B. Reeve : ''[[The American Conan Doyle]]''.

In ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045774/1922-03-05/ed-1/seq-94 What Are the Great Detective Stories and Why?]'' (8 march 1922), Reeve wrote the following about [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] :

: « ''I may as well confess that my first inspiration came from Poe's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", followed by impressionable reading of Conan Doyle's "The Sign of the Four" and Anna Katherine Green's "The Leavenworth Case." [..] Comes Conan Doyle, the master. I believed once "The Sign of the Four" to be the masterpiece, and I believe it yet. The inspiration of "The Sign of the Four" in "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is striking — the Andaman Islander an the ape, what Sherlock Holmes calls "deduction" and what Dupin calls "analysis." Holmes takes Lecoq to task rather severely in one of his adventures, but their inspiration and methods are essentially one. "A Study in Scarlet" I love; also "A Scandal in Bohemia," because of the woman in it and its comparison with "The Purloined Letter." I feel that "The Hound of the Baskervilles" rises to a very great height, and certainly one of the finest episodes in detective fiction is in Moriarty in "The Valley of Fear" and "The Final Problem. ..."'' »

== Bibliography ==
[[File:the-new-york-tribune-1919-08-24-s6-p6-arthur-b-reeve-ad.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Ad in the [[New-York Tribune]]<br />(24 august 1919, section 6, p. 6)]]

'''Craig Kennedy, Scientific Detective''' <ref>Short stories published in ''Cosmopolitan'', ''The Salt Lake Tribune'' and ''The Washington Evening Star''...</ref>

* ''The Invisible Ray'' (1911)
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20160425224913/http://www.hillsdalesites.org/personal/hstewart/Mystery/Reeve/Reeve%20%281912-11%29%20The%20Campaign%20Grafter.pdf The Campaign Grafter]'' (nov 1912)
* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045396/1912-11-03/ed-1/seq-40 The Terror in the Air]'' (3 nov 1912)
* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045396/1912-11-10/ed-1/seq-40 The Black Hand]'' (10 nov 1912)
* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045396/1912-11-17/ed-1/seq-40 The Artificial Paradise]'' (17 nov 1912)
* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045396/1912-11-24/ed-1/seq-44 The Steel Door]'' (24 nov 1912)
* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045396/1912-12-15/ed-1/seq-46 The Silent Bullet]'' (15 dec 1912)
* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045396/1912-12-22/ed-1/seq-40 The Scientific Cracksman]'' (22 dec 1912)
* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045396/1912-12-29/ed-1/seq-49 The Bacteriological Detective]'' (29 dec 1912)
* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045396/1913-01-12/ed-1/seq-40/ The Seismograph Adventure]'' (12 jan 1913)
* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn99021999/1915-01-03/ed-1/seq-22 The Exploits of Elaine]'' (1915) novel
* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn99021999/1915-06-20/ed-1/seq-20 The Romance of Elaine]'' (1915) novel
* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045433/1915-07-25/ed-1/seq-29 The Submarine Mystery]'' (25 july 1915)
* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045433/1915-08-01/ed-1/seq-27 The Ghouls]'' (1 aug 1915)
* ''[http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/5073/pg5073-images.html The War Terror]'' (1915) novel
* ''[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/33466/33466-h/33466-h.htm The Social Gangster]'' (1916) novel
* ''[http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/5087/pg5087-images.html The Treasure-Train]'' (1916) novel
* ''[http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/5150/pg5150-images.html The Ear In The Wall]'' (1916) novel
* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86058226/1916-11-03/ed-1/seq-14 Gold of the Gods]'' (3 nov 1916) novel
* ''[https://archive.org/details/Elaine03.TheTriumphOfElaineHodderStoughton.LondonPub.1916/page/n5 The Triumph of Elaine]'' (1916) novel
* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1917-12-09/ed-1/seq-52 The Love Meter]'' (9 dec 1917)
* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1917-12-16/ed-1/seq-54 The Vital Principle]'' (16 dec 1917)
* ''[https://archive.org/details/TheSoulScar/page/n7 The Soul Scar]'' (1919) novel
* ''[http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/5270/pg5270-images.html The Film Mystery]'' (1921) novel
* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1922-03-02/ed-1/seq-24 The Deadly Tube]'' (2 march 1922)
* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1922-03-23/ed-1/seq-31 The Azure Ring]'' (23 march 1922)
* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1922-03-18/ed-1/seq-8 The Diamond Maker]'' (18 march 1922)
* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1922-04-13/ed-1/seq-38 Spontaneous Combustion]'' (13 april 1922)
* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042414/1922-04-22/ed-1/seq-4/ The Black Menace]'' (22 april 1922)
* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1922-04-27/ed-1/seq-21 The Poisoned Pen]'' (27 april 1922)
* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1922-05-04/ed-1/seq-16 The Yeggman]'' (4 may 1922)
* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1922-05-18/ed-1/seq-32 The Firebug]'' (18 may 1912)
* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1922-05-25/ed-1/seq-34 The Dream Doctor]'' (25 may 1922)
* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1922-06-01/ed-1/seq-36 The Beauty Shop]'' (1 june 1922)
* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1922-06-24/ed-1/seq-8 The Elixir of Life]'' (24 june 1922)
* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1922-06-29/ed-1/seq-38 The Detectophone]'' (29 june 1922)
* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1922-07-06/ed-1/seq-26 The Tango Thief]'' (6 july 1922)
* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1922-07-13/ed-1/seq-34 The Germ of Death]'' (13 july 1922)
* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1922-07-20/ed-1/seq-33 The Confidence King]'' (20 july 1922)
* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1922-08-03/ed-1/seq-20 The Diamond Queen]'' (3 aug 1922)
* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1922-12-03/ed-1/seq-23 The Wireless Phantom]'' (3 dec 1922)
* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1922-12-10/ed-1/seq-21 The Coroner's Cocktail]'' (10 dec 1922)
* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1922-12-24/ed-1/seq-13 The Poison Kiss]'' (24 dec 1922)
* ''The Death Cry'' (may 1935) novelette
* ''The Stars Scream Murder'' (1936) novel

'''Adventures of Clare Kendall, Woman Detective''' <ref>Short stories published in ''The New York Sun'', ''The San Francisco Call'' and ''The Omaha Daily Bee''...</ref>

* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn99021999/1913-05-11/ed-1/seq-39 A Skirmish with the Occult]'' (11 may 1913)
* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn99021999/1913-06-08/ed-1/seq-38 The Pearl Doctor]'' (8 june 1913)
* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1913-07-20/ed-1/seq-5 The House of Cards]'' (20 july 1913)
* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn99021999/1913-08-10/ed-1/seq-37 The Temple of Beauty]'' (10 aug 1913)
* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn99021999/1913-11-09/ed-1/seq-40 The Mystery of the Stolen da Vinci]'' (9 nov 1913)

'''The Novel Experiences of Guy Garrick, Detective''' <ref>Short stories published in ''The Washington Herald''.</ref>

* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045433/1915-02-07/ed-1/seq-39 The Clairvoyant Trust]'' (7 feb 1915)
* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045433/1915-03-14/ed-1/seq-41 The Sleepmaker]'' (14 march 1915)
* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058393/1922-06-06/ed-1/seq-4 On Wings of Wireless]'' (9 june 1922)

'''Misc.'''

* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1908-09-27/ed-1/seq-35 The Man Who First Said "Hands Up!"]'' (1908) short story
* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87062268/1916-12-06/ed-1/seq-8 The Adventurous Career of Constance Dunlap]'' (1916) novel
* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1917-11-19/ed-1/seq-9 The Hidden Hand]'' (1917) novel
* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045774/1922-03-05/ed-1/seq-94 What Are the Great Detective Stories and Why?]'' (8 march 1922)
* ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045774/1922-04-02/ed-1/seq-89 What Happened During this Policeman's 50 Years]'' (2 april 1922)
* ''The Golden Age of Crime'' (1931) essay

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* [[The American Conan Doyle]]
* [[Arthur Conan Doyle|Back to Conan Doyle]]

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TCDE-Team at 09:25, 25 November 2018