Arthur Conan Doyle Books in Order

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a renowned physician and celebrated author, is born on 22 May 1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland, to Charles Altamont Doyle, a talented illustrator of Irish descent, and Mary Foley, an Irish mother. Doyle's unique surname, often referred to as "Conan Doyle," has its origins unclear, though his baptism record in St Mary's Cathedral lists his name as Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle. He begins his education at the Roman Catholic Jesuit preparatory school, Hodder Place, Stonyhurst, at the age of nine, before attending Stonyhurst College until 1875. Doyle then pursues a medical degree at the University of Edinburgh from 1876 to 1881, during which time he contributes to publications and writes short stories. His first published work appears in "Chambers's Edinburgh Journal" before his 20th birthday. After graduating, he serves as a ship's doctor on the SS Mayumba and completes his doctorate in 1885 on the subject of tabes dorsalis.