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Robert Browning 7. 05. 1833 poet
Florence Nightingale 12. 05. 1820 nurse
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 22. 05. 1859 writer
T. Now listen to the text and answer the questions:
Who invented Sherlock Holmes?
Where was Conan Doyle born?
What was his job?
What words Sherlock Holmes uses when he starts to explain a crime to his friend?
Where can you find Sherlock Holmess museum?
Who was the enemy of Sherlock Holmes?
Why Conan Doyle killed his main character?
What was then?
With the words "Elementary, my dear Watson . . . ", the most famous detective of all time, Sherlock Holmes, starts to explain a crime to his friend, Dr. Watson. That phrase has entered the English language.
Sherlock Holmes first appeared in a book called Study in Scarlet. He became famous in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The books about Sherlock Holmes are still sold every year.
Who invented Sherlock Holmes? Arthur Conan Doyle was his inventor. Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Scotland. He was a doctor. In 1882 he moved from Scotland to England to set up a practice. One of the doctors he worked for, Dr. Joseph Bell, was the model for Sherlock Holmess friend, Dr. Watson. Conan Doyles medical knowledge was a great help to him in his detective stories. Conan Doyle started the fashion of the detective story.
And what sort of man is Sherlock Holmes? We learn a lot about him from the stories in which he appears. He has a thin face and intelligent eyes. He speaks when he has something to say. He smokes a pipe (he has a collection of them). He plays the violin. He lives
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