Born: 22 May 1859 · Died: 7 July 1930 · Age at death: 71
How old was Arthur Conan Doyle when he died?
Arthur Conan Doyle died aged 71. He was born on 22 May 1859 and died on 7 July 1930.
Scottish doctor and writer who created the detective Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr Watson
Did you know?He was a keen sportsman and played as a goalkeeper for the amateur side that later became Portsmouth Football Club.
Quick facts
Date of birth22 May 1859
Date of death7 July 1930
Age at death71
Cause of deathCardiac arrest
NationalityBritish
BirthplaceEdinburgh, United Kingdom
Occupationphysician, physician writer, novelist
Editor's Take:
Arthur Conan Doyle created a detective so convincing that readers wrote letters to him at 221B Baker Street as if he were real. A trained doctor, he modelled Sherlock Holmes's sharp powers of deduction partly on Joseph Bell, one of his lecturers at Edinburgh University. Doyle grew so tired of Holmes that he killed him off at the Reichenbach Falls in 1893, only to bring him back after a public outcry. He also wrote historical novels, science fiction, including The Lost World, and passionate campaigns against miscarriages of justice. In later life he became a dedicated believer in spiritualism.
Key Milestones
1887: Introduces Sherlock Holmes in A Study in Scarlet
1893: Kills Holmes at the Reichenbach Falls
1902: Knighted; publishes The Hound of the Baskervilles
1912: Publishes The Lost World
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He is best known for his four novels and fifty-six short stories about the fictional consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr.
