Arthur Conan Doyle

November 28, 2025 - Doyle was found clutching his chest in the hall of Windlesham Manor, his house in Crowborough, Sussex, on 7 July 1930. He died of a heart attack at the age of 71. His last words were directed toward his wife: "You are wonderful." At the time of his death, there was some controversy concerning ...

LONDON, July 7.--Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes and a noted spiritist, died today at his home, Windlesham, in Crowborough, Sussex. He was 71 years old · Sir Arthur had been ill from heart trouble for two months, but was making good progress against the malady until last ...

Sir Oliver Lodge to-day paid an eloquent tribute to Sir Arthur's work for spiritualism. "I fear the South Africa trip was too much for him," he said. "He never spared himself when the cause was at stake. Much more than most of us, he regarded himself as an apostle or missionary, and threw himself and all his belongings into the movement.

June 17, 2020 - Doyle died of a heart attack in Crowborough, England on July 7, 1930. On May 22, 1859, Arthur Conan Doyle was born to an affluent, strict Irish-Catholic family in Edinburgh, Scotland.

This interest caused a rift with his friend, magician Harry Houdini, who was skeptical of spiritualist claims. Born: May 22, 1859 Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland Star Sign: Gemini · Died: July 7, 1930 (aged 71) Cause of Death: Heart attack · 1881-01-01 Dr John Watson is first introduced to ...

Doyle died on July 7th, 1930 from heart disease at his home; Windlesham, in the town of Crowborough in East Sussex Conan Doyle’s other publications include non-fiction, plays, verse, memoirs, short stories, and several historical novels and ...

Sherlock Holmes made his first appearance in 'A Study of Scarlet', published in 'Beeton's Christmas Annual' in 1887. Its success encouraged Conan Doyle to write more stories involving Holmes but, in 1893, Conan Doyle killed off Holmes, hoping to concentrate on more serious writing.

After the death of his wife Louisa in 1906, and the deaths of his son Kingsley, his brother, his two brothers-in-law, and his two nephews in World War I, Doyle sank into depression. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle died of a heart attack in 1930, aged 71, and is buried in the Church Yard at Minstead ...

May 27, 2021 - Doyle died from a heart attack on July 7 1930 at his home. He collapsed, clutching his heart with one hand and holding a flower in the other. His last words were to his wife: “You are wonderful.” · Find out more about the history behind ...

July 15, 2023 - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle died suddenly of a heart attack at age 71 at his home in East Sussex. In many ways, his life was a series of apparent contradictions. Educated at private, fee-paying schools, his childhood was marked by financial instability ...

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November 19, 2023 - After finding solace and meaning in his spiritualist work and completing a portfolio of literature that stood the test of time, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle passed away in July 1930 from a heart attack.

May 4, 1999 - Conan Doyle died in Windlesham, his home in Crowborough, Sussex, and at his funeral his family and members of the spiritualist community celebrated rather than mourned the occasion of his passing beyond the veil. On July 13, 1930, thousands of people filled London’s Royal Albert Hall for a séance during which Estelle Roberts, the spiritualist medium, claimed to have contacted Sir Arthur.

Life and death in the blood. Good Words. 1883;24:178-181. Doyle AC. Notes on a case of leucocythaemia. Lancet. 1882;119(3056):490. Doyle AC. The remote effects of gout. The Lancet. 1884;2:978–979. Doyle AC. The Stark Munro Letters. Auckland, New Zealand: The Floating Press; 2010. Ex Libris: Conan Doyle for the Defense.

In january 1906, Sir Arthur ran for elections (always Unionist so conservative) and suffered another defeat. The health of his wife Louisa suddenly worsen. Tumor occured and caused partial paralysis. She gradually weakened and died on 4 july 1906.

Conan Doyle died in Windlesham, his home in Crowborough, Sussex, and at his funeral his family and members of the spiritualist community celebrated rather than mourned the occasion of his passing beyond the veil. On July 13, 1930, thousands of people filled London’s Royal Albert Hall for a séance during which Estelle Roberts, the spiritualist medium, claimed to have contacted Sir Arthur.

Doyle fell ill with heart disease in 1929 and died in 1930 at his home, Windlesham, where he was buried. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s biographers all characterize him as a late Victorian type.

March 26, 2020 - Conan Doyle popularised the detective fiction genre. Before him, there were few stories of successful criminal investigators ... Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who died yesterday, will be for ever associated with the detective novel. He created Sherlock Holmes, and we all know Sherlock Holmes very well indeed.

July 21, 2021 - In the 1893 story “The Final Problem,” Conan Doyle killed off Holmes, sending him plunging to his death over the Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland. Fans were devastated; more than 20,000 of them canceled their subscriptions to the Strand in protest. Conan Doyle did not publish another Holmes story for eight years, ending his strike with The Hound of the Baskervilles, which takes place before Holmes’s death.

February 6, 2025 - The real cause of Sherlock Holmes’ death revealed. ... For many readers, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is the greatest mystery writer of all time. Of course, Doyle is the creator of detective, Sherlock Holmes.