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''Sherlock Holme's Creator'' is an article published in the [[Hull Evening News]] on 21 may 1926.

== Sherlock Holme's Creator ==
[[File:hull-evening-news-1926-05-21-p4-sh-creator.jpg|thumb|150px|right|[[Hull Evening News]] (21 may 1926, p. 4)]]

'''Sherlock Holme's Creator.'''

Congratulations from a world of readers and cricketers will go out to [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]], who is sixty-seven to-morrow. He was born in Edinburgh, and practised as a doctor (with a leaning towards eye work) in Elm-grove, Southsea, from 1882 to 1890. I say cricketers will remember the day because, although golf and billiards are his favourite recreations now, there was а time when he wielded the willow freely, and the spirit of his books is always that of the good cricketer.

'''Getting the Name.'''

The name of [[Sherlock Holmes]] was derived partly from the [[cricket]] field. [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle|Sir Arthur]] called the detective "[[Sherlock Holmes|Holmes]]" as a revolt against what he considered the Dickensian habit of thinking of a detective by such a name as "Sharp." He wanted an ordinary name. And Sherlock was arrived at because [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle|Sir Arthur]] had been playing cricket for the United Services against the M.C.C., and against the bowling of Sherlock and Attewell he amassed to his delight twenty or thirty runs. The name Sherlock appealed to him, and became incorporated in his stories as the first name of his hero. The [[Sherlock Holmes (play 1899)|play]] which was founded on the stories was almost entirely the work of Mr [[William Gillette]], the American actor, who one day cabled to [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle|Sir Arthur]] the question: May I marry [[Sherlock Holmes]]?" To which the creator of the famous detective replied: <q>"You may marry or murder him or do anything you like with him!"</q>

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