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On tuesday 12 february 1884, Arthur Conan Doyle attended and spoke at the Portsmouth Literary and Scientific Society (PLSS) meeting held at the Penny-street Lecture Hall (Portsmouth) about the topic: "Earth and Its Movements".<br />
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== Attendees ==<br />
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* '''President/Chairman'''<br />
** Major-General A. W. Drayson, R.A., F.R.A.S.<br />
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* '''Speakers'''<br />
** Major-General A. W. Drayson (instead of Dr. D. Nicholson) ''lecturer''<br />
** Mr. H. C. Hurry<br />
** Dr. W. H. Axford<br />
** [[Arthur Conan Doyle|Dr. A. Conan Doyle]]<br />
** Dr. J. Ward Cousins<br />
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* '''Attendees'''<br />
** General Playfair, C.B., R.E.<br />
** General J. W. Cox, C.B.<br />
** General W. Ramsay<br />
** General C. L. Nugent<br />
** General C. T. Catty<br />
** Surgeon-General J. Lamprey, P.M.O.<br />
** Rev. W. Bell<br />
** Rev. W. J. Staynes<br />
** Colonel Hall<br />
** Colonel Muskett<br />
** Major F. S. Terry<br />
** Captain T. M. Ritchie, R.A.<br />
** Captain Sutton<br />
** Fleet-Surgeon G. Kell, R.N.<br />
** Dr. C. F. Edwards<br />
** Dr. W. H. Axford<br />
** Dr. C. C. Claremont<br />
** [[Arthur Conan Doyle|Dr. A. Conan Doyle]]<br />
** Dr. Walter J. Sykes<br />
** Dr. B. Guillemard<br />
** Dr. P. H. Gardner<br />
** Mr. M. Ollis, R.N.<br />
** Mr. H. C. Hurry<br />
** Mr. G. Ollis<br />
** Mr. J. E. Blakeney<br />
** Mr. J. Hay, W. Weston<br />
** Mr. T. Newell<br />
** Mr. J. A. Wilson, R.N.<br />
** Mr. E. Byrne<br />
** Mr. W. Wales<br />
** Mr. E. G. Cleeve<br />
** Mr. G. A. Cook, R.N.<br />
** Dental-Surgeon W. H. Kirton<br />
** Mr. A. Howell<br />
** Mr. R. Gorringe, R.N.<br />
** Mr. W. Milln, R.N.<br />
** Mr. A. G. Haydon<br />
** Mr. C. W. Bevis<br />
** Mr. H. Hagley<br />
** Mr. F. L. Jones<br />
** Mr. H. Murrell<br />
** Mr. W. R. McCallum<br />
** Mr. R. Constantine<br />
** Mr. H. A. Sutton<br />
** Mr. C. F. Burton<br />
** Mr. M. Somers Gardner<br />
** Mr. C. Foran<br />
** Mr. E. Elton<br />
** Mr. F. Brine<br />
** Mr. J. Lapthorae<br />
** Mr. G. F. Bell<br />
** Dr. J. Ward Cousins (Hon. Sec.)<br />
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== About Conan Doyle's lecture ==<br />
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[[Arthur Conan Doyle|Dr. A. Conan Doyle]] supported the motion, and mentioned, in regard to Mr. Staynes's suggestion, that in Homer's "Iliad" mention was made of the olive and the vine growing in ancient Greece, so that time temperature of the country then could not have been very different from what it is now.<br />
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== Full Report ==<br />
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* [[Portsmouth Literary and Scientific Society (16 february 1884)|Portsmouth Literary and Scientific Society]] (16 february 1884, [[Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle]])<br />
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