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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The creator of ‘Sherlock Holmes’ was
A
Arthur Conan Doyle
B
Ian Fleming
C
Dr. Watson
D
Shakespeare
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The grave of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 – 1930), creator of the world’s most famous fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, is under a large tree in Minstead churchyard.

Detailed explanation-2: -Was Sherlock Holmes a real person? Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character created by the Scottish writer Arthur Conan Doyle. However, Conan Doyle did model Holmes’s methods and mannerisms on those of Dr. Joseph Bell, who had been his professor at the University of Edinburgh Medical School.

Detailed explanation-3: -Conan Doyle repeatedly said that Holmes was inspired by the real-life figure of Joseph Bell, a surgeon at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, whom Conan Doyle met in 1877 and had worked for as a clerk. Like Holmes, Bell was noted for drawing broad conclusions from minute observations.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s fictional detective with the knack for solving crimes through observation and reason was modeled after Dr. Joseph Bell, one of Conan Doyle’s medical school professors.

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