Dr. Conan Doyle (article 26 july 1891)
Dr. Conan Doyle is an article published in Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper on 26 july 1891.
Dr. Conan Doyle
Was born at Edinburgh in 1859. His grandfather was John Doyle, better known as "H. B.," the well-known caricaturist. His father, Charles Doyle, was an artist, and his uncles were "Dicky" Doyle, of Punch; Henry Doyle, C.B.. director of the Irish National gallery, and James Doyle, the historian. Dr. Conan Doyle studied medicine, and took his degree of M.D. at Edinburgh. Subsequently he went in a whaler to the Arctic seas, where be spent seven months, and then made a voyage to the West Coast of Africa. Finally he settled as a doctor in Southsea, where he practised for some years. Gradually he found that the scattered tales and sketches which he had sent to magazines led to longer efforts, until the friendly reception which a little shilling book, "A Study in Scarlet," met with caused him to try something more ambitious in "Micah Clarke." It was refused by half-a-dozen of the first houses, but finally ran through a number of editions when published by Longmans. Subsequently he published various other novels. Finding that he had no longer time for general practice, Conan Doyle, came to London and tried to keep in touch with his profession by starting as an eye specialist in Wimpole-street. At last, however, he was reluctantly obliged to abandon the profession entirely and took a house at South Norwood. He was married in 1885 to Miss Louise Hawkins, of Minsterworth, Gloucestershire.
