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This article is for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's character. For other versions of the character see Versions of Sherlock Holmes. "I had no idea that such individuals exist outside of stories." ―Dr Watson speaking about Holmes [src] Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He was devised by British author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A brilliant London-based detective, Holmes is famous for his prowess…

It’s more than a century since the world’s most famous literary detective made his appearance, but our appetite for his startling deductions is undiminished. Adam Frost and Jim Kynvin go back to the stories in search of data to explain his enduring appeal

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The Greek Interpreter, Sidney Paget, The Strand Magazine, September 1893