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__Sir Arthur Conan Doyle__

**Due Dates / Research Schedule:**


 * 1) Author Approval: April 23, 2010
 * 2) Topic Approval: April 26, 2010
 * 3) Thesis Approval: April 26, 2010
 * 4) Outline: April 27, 2010
 * 5) Wikispace Notes: April 30, 2010
 * 6) Rough Draft: May 4, 2010
 * 7) Revisions: May 6, 2010
 * 8) Final Draft: May 10, 2010

Outline:

Notes April 29, 2010 MLA:"Mystery Man." //Time//. Times Inc, n.d. Web. 29 Apr 2010. <http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1670329,00.html

Idealism: 1. Dr. Joseph Bell, a charismatic professor with an uncanny ability to diagnose patients even before they opened their mouths. Biography: 2. Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born on May 22, 1859, in Edinburgh, Scotland 3. The Doyles were a prosperous Irish-Catholic family 4. Mary Doyle had a passion for books and was a master storyteller. Her son Arthur wrote of his mother's gift of "sinking her voice to a horror-stricken whisper" 5. was one of the most well paid writers during the time 6. "Bachelor of Medicine and Master of Surgery degree. 7. In August of 1885, he found the time to marry a young woman called Louisa Hawkins. 8. Arthur's father, a chronic alcoholic 9. entry into the University of Edinburgh's Medical School 10. his father dies of alcohol poisoning 11. He died of Heart diease 12. the eldest son 13. His first wife, Louise Hawkins, whom he had married in 1884 14. and he married Jean Leckie in 1907 15. In 1900 and 1906 he ran unsuccessfully for Parliament and was knighted in 1902 16. Doyle died on July 7th, 1930 17. Gender: male 18. influenced the writer of Nancy Drew 19. T.V show directors 20. Comic book writers

Notes April 28, 2010 MLA: "Sir Arthur Conan Doyle." __The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition__. 2008. //Encyclopedia.com.// 29 Apr. 2010 <[|http://www.encyclopedia.com]>.

Abundance: 1. Other works that involve the sleuthing of the great detective include //The Sign of the Four// (1890), //The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes// (1894), //The Hound of the Baskervilles// (1902), //The Return of Sherlock Holmes// (1905), //His Last Bow// (1917), and //The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes// (1927). 2. In 1887 the first Sherlock Holmes story, //A Study in Scarlet// 3. Doyle also wrote historical romances, including //Micah Clarke// (1889) and //The White Company// (1891). 4. His play //A Story of Waterloo// (1894) was one of Sir Henry Irving's notable successes 5. Doyle also wrote two political pamphlets justifying Great Britian's actions in the South African War 6. In his later years he became an ardent spiritualist and wrote a //History of Spiritualism// (1926). 7. he published 56 short stories and four novels featuring Holmes and his sidekick 8. He received his Bachelor of Medicine and Master of Surgery qualifications from Edinburgh in 1881 and an M.D. in 1885, upon completing his thesis, “An Essay upon the Vasomotor Changes in //Tabes Dorsalis//.” 9. Her son Arthur wrote of his mother's gift of "sinking her voice to a horror-stricken whisper" 10. go to a Jesuit boarding school 11. This adventure found its way into his first story about the sea, a chilling tale called 12. Mary Doyle had a passion for books and was a master storyteller 13. Wrote to his mother 14. Conan Doyle's other publications include non-fiction, plays, verse, memoirs, short stories, and several historical novels and supernatural and speculative fiction. 15. //The Lost World// is perhaps the best known of his other fictional works. 16. The only sound film ever made of Arthur Conan Doyle. Originally part of an early Movietone sound reel 17. it was also used as part of the presentation of Basil Rathbone's Hound of Bakersville 18. in 1975. It was reconstructed by Blackhawk Films in 1974 and //recently reissued on DVD// 19. influenced play writers 20. other poem writers

Nots April 29, 2010 "Arthur Conan Doyle." //Sir Arthur conan Doyle//. N.p., 2006. Web. 29 Apr 2010. [].

Influences: 1. He influenced many people- Sherlock Holmes stories have been translated into more than fifty languages, and made into plays, films, radio and television series, a musical comedy, a ballet, cartoons, comic books, and advertisment. " 2. The publics demand was an influence to keep him writing 3. During the South African war (1899-1902) Doyle served for a few months as senior physician at a field hospital, and wrote THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA 4. He dedicated himself in spiritualistic studies after the death of his son Kingsley from wounds incurred in World War I. An example of these is THE COMING OF FAIRIES 5. Conan Doyle's other publications include plays, verse, memoirs, short stories, and several historical novels and supernatural and speculative fiction 6. he does many different types of writing: mysteries, spirtitulism, faries, science fact, adn romance 7. seven months in the Arctic as ship's doctor on a whaler, and three on a steamer bound to the West Coast of Africa, provided material for his writings. 8. seven months in the Arctic as ship's doctor on a whaler, and three on a steamer bound to the West Coast of Africa, provided material for his writings 9. Financial problems also influenced him to keep writing 10. Holmes was a keen observer, relentlessly logical and a master of deduction from the smallest of clues -- traits that made him a model for many later detectives, and made Doyle a model for many later mystery writers. 11. The young medical student met a number of future authors who were also attending the university, such as for instance James Barrie and Robert Louis Stevenson 12. But the man who most impressed and influenced him, was without a doubt, one of his teachers, Dr. Joseph Bell 13. He was influenced by Edgar Alan Poe and Bret Harte 14. Sherlock holmes influenced furture writers 15. his grandfather was a famous caricaturist 16. his uncle was a well-known illustrator 17. Doyle himself was an admirer of Edgar Allan Poe and Emile Gaboriau. 18. Sir Henry Littlejohn, who taught forensic medicine to Doyle also made a large impression and contributed to the development of Holmes' character. 19. his last name may have been based on American jurist and fellow doctor Oliver Wendell Holmes 20. his first name may have come from Alfred Sherlock, a prominent violinist of his time

Notes April 29, 2010 MLA: "The Chronicles of." //siracd//. Perry Internet consultin, 2010. Web. 29 Apr 2010. .

Idealism: 1. Dr. Joseph Bell, was man who inspired the character of Sherlock Holmes shared many qualities with the famous detective 2. So while Conan Doyle went on to write about the brilliant Sherlock Holmes, he played Dr. Watson, at least for awhile, to his professor. 3. Conan Doyle met Dr. Bell in 1877 at the University of Edinburgh Medical School. Conan Doyle was studying to be a doctor and Bell was one of his professors 4. The good doctor was a master at observation, logic, deduction, and diagnosis 5. his last name may have been based on American jurist and fellow doctor Oliver Wendell Holmes 6. his first name may have come from Alfred Sherlock, a prominent violinist of his time 7. Dr. John Watson, a fellow Southsea doctor and Portsmouth Literary and Scientific Society member who served time in Manchuria, received the honour of having Holmes' partner named for him. 8. Doyle worked backwards from the solution of a case to create his stories Time Management. 9. //A Study in Scarlet// was written in three weeks 10. influenced by his mother 11. good writer 12. wrote from end to beginning