Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
He was encouraged to become an author after experiencing poverty as a young practitioner in South Sea and as an oculist in London. A Study in Scarlet introduced the prototype that was to become the now world-famous Sherlock Holmes character. The Strand Magazine serialised the Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes between 1891 and 1893 and they were published as books under titles such as The Sign of Four (1890) and, more notably, The Hound of the Baskervilles in 1902. for more click here
