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    What first name did Arthur Conan Doyle give to his famous detective before he came up with Sherlock?

    Question #11335. Asked by KAB.

    JReid

    Not sure if this is what you want, but Doyle based his character of Sherlock Holmes on Dr. Joseph Bell, a real physician-sleuth in Edinburgh during the 1870's.

    Apr 03 01, 3:15 PM
    tjoebigham

    Holmes' first name was to be 'Sherrinford' (and Watson was first called 'Ormond Sacker'!) Doyle named him for a cricket bowler named Sherlock and Oliver Wendell Holmes, the American essayist-doctor. See Vincent Starrett's 'The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes'.

    Apr 03 01, 9:50 PM

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