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He created the character Sherlock Holmes in for A Study in Scarlet , the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. The Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in the field of crime fiction.

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Doyle was a prolific writer. In addition to the Holmes stories, his works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger , and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard , as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels. One of Doyle's early short stories, " J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement " , helped to popularise the mystery of the brigantine Mary Celeste , found drifting at sea with no crew member aboard.

Doyle is often referred to as "Sir Arthur Conan Doyle" or "Conan Doyle", implying that "Conan" is part of a compound surname rather than a middle name. However, his baptism entry in the register of St Mary's Cathedral , Edinburgh, gives "Arthur Ignatius Conan" as his given names and "Doyle" as his surname. It also names Michael Conan as his godfather.

Shortly after he graduated from high school he began using Conan as a sort of surname. But technically his last name is simply 'Doyle'.