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Arthur Conan Doyle
United Kingdom
Arthur Conan Doyle created Sherlock Holmes in 1887 with A Study in Scarlet, producing 4 novels and 56 short stories about the detective. He preferred historical novels like The White Company 1891, but Holmes stories made his name. A medical doctor, he served in the Boer War and was knighted in 1902.
