Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Born May 22, 1859, Edinburgh, Scotland · Died July 7, 1930, Crowborough, East Sussex, England · Phoenix Lodge No. 257, Southsea
Creator of Sherlock Holmes, initiated in Portsmouth while still a young doctor.
The highest morality may prove also to be the highest wisdom when the half-told story comes to be finished.
Creator of Sherlock Holmes, initiated in Portsmouth while still a young doctor.
Sources
- https://freemasonry.bcy.ca/biography/doyle_ac/doyle_ac.html (citing Denslow)
- Portrait image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arthur_Conan_Doyle_by_Walter_Benington,_1914.png (Public domain)
Life & Masonic Timeline
May 22, 1859
Born — Edinburgh, Scotland
1881
Age 22
Graduated in medicine from Edinburgh
1887
Age 28
Published A Study in Scarlet
January 26, 1887
Age 27
Initiated an Entered Apprentice in Phoenix Lodge No. 257, Southsea
February 23, 1887
Age 27
Passed to the Degree of Fellowcraft — Phoenix Lodge No. 257, Southsea
March 23, 1887
Age 27
Raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason — Phoenix Lodge No. 257, Southsea
1889
Age 30
Resigned from Phoenix Lodge No. 257
1900
Age 41
Served as a volunteer doctor in the Boer War
1901
Age 42
Brought Holmes back in The Hound of the Baskervilles
1902
Age 43
Rejoined Phoenix Lodge
1902
Age 43
Knighted
1911
Age 52
Resigned from Phoenix Lodge again
July 7, 1930
Age 71
Died — Crowborough, East Sussex, England
Walter Benington, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source