His training as a physician did not hinder his pursuits of other passions, particularly writing which he continued to keep up throughout his studies and even produced a series of short stories. In 1876 Arthur went on to further education and entered the University of Edinburgh in order to study medicine. He would go on to study for a year at another Jesuit school in Austria in order to build on his German language skills. Meanwhile, young Arthur would be sent away for his education to a Jesuit preparatory school called Stonyhurst College in Lancashire. His mother would become an important influence in his life whilst his father sadly battled psychological problems and alcoholism which led to his premature death. His life began in Edinburgh, born in May 1859 into an affluent Irish Catholic family, one of eight children.
Whilst his literary prowess would earn him great admiration and popularity, he initially embarked upon a career as a qualified physician and proved himself capable in a variety of different fields. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a prolific writer producing a huge body of work in his lifetime, covering a variety of genres ranging from crime, history, science fiction and even poetry. These books would earn Sir Arthur Conan Doyle critical acclaim and make a permanent impact on the genre of crime fiction. A famous line taken from the film adaptation of one of a series of novels about the fictional sleuth Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr Watson.
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