It is commonly agreed that the character traits of Sherlock Holmes were inspired by Dr. Joseph Bell, one of the teachers at the medical school of Edinburgh University.

Arthur Doyle was seventeen years old when he first met Dr. Joseph Bell, who was then thirty-nine. He also befriends a fan, the young son of his housekeeper, who wants him to work again. All Sherlock Holmes Movies and Series. Over all, Sherlock Holmes was featured in 4 novels and 56 short stories. Welcome to the official home of Sherlock on YouTube, relive Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson's adventures in 21st Century London in the thrilling, funny, fast-paced contemporary reimagining of the Arthur Conan Doyle classic from Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss. Sherlock Holmes and The Scene of the Crime The autumn of 1897 presented such an array of singular cases that to pen any one of them seems unjust to those excluded. Clients from all walks of life brought their seemingly insoluble problems to my friend for … Menu. ... An aged, retired Sherlock Holmes deals with early dementia, as he tries to remember his final case, and a mysterious woman, whose memory haunts him.