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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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A British writer who created the detective Sherlock Holmes
  • proper noun
  • /sɜr ˈɑrθər ˈkoʊnən dɔɪl/
: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle originally intended to kill off Sherlock Holmes, but public demand brought the character back.

Examples

  • Many consider Sir Arthur Conan Doyle one of the most influential detective fiction writers in history.

  • The stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle have inspired countless film and television adaptations.

  • The famous detective was created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

  • Did Sir Arthur Conan Doyle write any other novels?

  • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is widely recognized for his contributions to the genre of detective fiction.

  • Many readers credit Sir Arthur Conan Doyle with revolutionizing the mystery novel with his iconic character Sherlock Holmes.

  • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published numerous stories that have captivated audiences for generations.

Synonyms

Conan Doyle
vsSir Arthur Conan Doyle
10 3.8

A British writer who created the detective Sherlock Holmes

shows the honorific as a standard part of the name
Arthur Conan Doyle
vsSir Arthur Conan Doyle
6 4.8

A British writer who created the detective Sherlock Holmes

includes a formal honorific before the name
A. Conan Doyle
vsSir Arthur Conan Doyle
1 6.1

A British author who created the detective Sherlock Holmes

gives the full name and refers to the detective without saying fictional

Surface Forms

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle main

Morphology

Sir + Arthur + Conan + Doyle

This is a full proper name: 'Sir' supplies only an honorific and the other elements are personal names with no lexical meanings, so a learner cannot infer from the constituents that this person is a British author or the creator of Sherlock Holmes. Proper names are arbitrary and non-compositional across languages, making the biographical identity opaque to learners who only know the constituent words.

Etymology

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer who trained as a doctor and used careful watching and thinking from his medical work to create the clever detective Sherlock Holmes, a character based on a real doctor. That's why his name is linked to 'detective stories' and he is best known for creating Sherlock Holmes.