Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a Scottish writer and physician best known for his mystery novels and short stories featuring Sherlock Holmes. He is also famous his Professor Challenger series detailed in: The Lost World, The Poison Belt and The Land of Mist. Doyle studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh. He was knighted in 1902 by King Edward for his services as a volunteer doctor in the Langman Field Hospital at Bloemfontein between March and June 1900. Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character of the late 19th and early 20th century, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He was devised by Scottish author and physician, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.