Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish writer and physician, most noted for his fictional stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. This is a lesser known work, a collection of short stories. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)