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"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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
In the 1923 play The Return of Sherlock Holmes, Watson was played by H. G. Stoker. [25] In the 1965 musical Baker Street, he was played by Peter Sallis. [26] Derek Waring played Watson in the 1989 London premiere of Sherlock Holmes: The Musical. [27] Lucas Hall portrayed Watson in the 2015 premiere of Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery. [28]
Edward Oscar Heinrich (1881–1953) was a forensic criminologist and lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley.During his 40 year career, Heinrich, often referred to as "America's Sherlock Holmes", invented new forensic techniques, opened the nation's first private crime lab and solved 2000 cases.
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 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.
The story was faithfully adapted in the 1965 BBC series Sherlock Holmes with Douglas Wilmer as Holmes, and Barry Jones as Milverton. [12] The only difference from the story is the identity of Milverton's killer. The Soviet television film series The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson featured the case under the name "The King of ...