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-[[Image:Paget holmes.png|thumb|right|200px|[[Sherlock Holmes]] (right) and Dr. Watson, by [[Sidney Paget]]]]{{Template}}+[[Image:Paget holmes.png|thumb|right|200px|[[Sherlock Holmes]] is a [[fictional character|fictional]] [[detective]] of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in [[publication]] in 1887. He is the [[brainchild|creation]] of Scottish [[author]] and [[physician]] Sir [[Arthur Conan Doyle]].]]
-'''Sherlock Holmes''' is a [[fictional character|fictional]] [[detective]] of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in [[publication]] in 1887. He is the [[brainchild|creation]] of Scottish [[author]] and [[physician]] Sir [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]. A brilliant [[London]]-based detective, Holmes is famous for his [[intelligence|intellectual prowess]], and is renowned for his skillful use of "[[deductive reasoning]]" while using [[abductive reasoning]] (inference to the best explanation) and astute [[observation]] to solve difficult [[legal case|cases]].+{{Template}}
-Conan Doyle wrote four novels and fifty-six short stories that featured Holmes. All but four stories are narrated by Holmes' friend and biographer, [[John Watson (Sherlock Holmes)|Dr. John H. Watson]]; two are narrated by Holmes himself, and two others are written in the third person. The first two stories, short novels, appeared in ''Beeton's Christmas Annual'' for 1887 and ''[[Lippincott's Monthly Magazine]]'' in 1890. The character grew tremendously in popularity with the beginning of the first series of short stories in ''[[Strand Magazine|The Strand Magazine]]'' in 1891; further series of short stories and two [[Serial (literature)|serialised]] novels appeared almost right up to Conan Doyle's death in 1930. The stories cover a period from around 1878 up to 1903, with a final case in 1914.+#A [[creation]], original [[idea]], or [[innovation]], usually used to indicate the originators
- +#:''The entire project was the '''brainchild''' of a small group of visionaries.''
-The word Sherlock has since entered the English language as to mean someone who is both highly intelligent and observant. It is also used sarcastically to mean someone who states the obvious.+{{GFDL}}
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-Holmes archenemy, the master criminal [[Professor Moriarty]], called "the [[Napoleon]] of crime" — a character believed to have been based on legendary London criminals like [[Jonathan Wild]] and [[Adam Worth]] — is a precursor to the contemporary [[psychopath]] as [[supervillain]].{{GFDL}}+

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Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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    The entire project was the brainchild of a small group of visionaries.




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