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Sherlock Holmes (/ ˈ ʃ ɜːr l ɒ k ˈ h oʊ m z /) is a fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle.Referring to himself as a "consulting detective" in his stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science and logical reasoning that borders on the fantastic, which he employs when investigating cases for a wide variety of clients ...
"How Watson Learned the Trick" is a Sherlock Holmes parody written by Arthur Conan Doyle in 1924. [1] It concerns Doctor Watson attempting to demonstrate to Holmes how he has learned the latter's "superficial trick" of logical deduction by giving a summary of Holmes' current state of mind and plans for the day ahead, only for Holmes to then reveal that every single one of Watson's deductions ...
Mycroft Holmes, 1893 illustration by Sidney Paget in the Strand Magazine. One summer evening, while engaged in an aimless conversation that has come round to the topic of hereditary attributes, Doctor Watson learns that Sherlock Holmes, far from being a one-off in his powers of observation and deductive reasoning, in fact has an elder brother whose skills Holmes claims outstrip even his own.
The story was adapted for the 1954 television series, Sherlock Holmes, there titled "The Case of the Greystone Inscription". [11] The story was adapted for the 1965 BBC series Sherlock Holmes with Peter Cushing. The episode is now lost. [12] The story was adapted for an episode of Sherlock Holmes, the Granada Television series starring Jeremy ...
Holmes examines the visitor's pipe, 1893 illustration by W. H. Hyde in Harper's Weekly. Sherlock Holmes, bored due to a want of cases, returns home from a walk with Dr. Watson early in spring to find he has missed a visitor but that the caller has left his pipe behind. From it, Holmes deduces that he was disturbed of mind (because he forgot the ...
The Beekeeper's Apprentice opens in early April 1915, about eight months after the opening of the First World War, when young Mary Russell stumbles, literally, across retired detective Sherlock Holmes on the Sussex or South Downs. Russell impresses Holmes with her powers of deduction, and he begins to train her informally as his protégé.
Sherlock Holmes still lives at the same Baker Street address as in Conan Doyle's stories. [8] However, it was filmed at 185 North Gower Street. [7] Baker Street was impractical because of the number of things labeled "Sherlock Holmes", which would need to be disguised. [15] Filming on the pilot began in January 2009 on location in London and ...
Algimantas Masiulis played Sherlock Holmes in a 1980 television film adaptation of the story by Belarusfilm, directed by Nikolai Lukyanov. [7] In 1984, the story was adapted by John Hawkesworth and Paul Finney as an episode of the Granada TV series, directed by David Carson and starring Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes and David Burke as Dr ...