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Sherlock Holmes is the greatest detective who never lived. This fictional character is so vividly charming, realistically quirky and highly intelligent, that readers want to believe that he really existed.
Sherlock Holmes was invented by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, first appearing in A Study in Scarlet in 1887. Doyle was a true Renaissance man who received his Doctorate of Medicine from Edinburgh University, studied Ophthalmology in Austria, worked as a doctor aboard a whaling ship, and traveled to West Africa. He was knighted for his work during the Boer War in South Africa at the turn of the century.
Sherlock Holmes’ character combines traits of Doyle himself and Dr. Joseph Bell, a professor at Edinburgh, who pioneered the skills of forensic medicine before it was a science and who astounded his students with his powers of observation and deductive reasoning. The fictional character, Sherlock Holmes, used modern day crime scene techniques before they were common police procedure.
Compare your detection skills with Sherlock Holmes, practice the science of Forensics, and find good mysteries at the Wauwatosa Children’s Library. Our theme this summer is “Get a Clue @ your Library.” Summer schedules are now available; and the reading and listening cards will be available starting in June.
