This Sherlock Holmes biography is actually a collection of questions all
those just curious questions that pop up when you think of Sherlock Holmes
profile who on earth is Sherlock Holmes now I guess you already know this one
but just in case you don't Sherlock Holmes is a character created by Arthur
Conan Doyle who lives in London he's what you would call these days a private
consulting detective he's exceptionally great at two things observing stuff and
deducing stuff from what he's observed to top that his knowledge of crime is
awe-inspiring this makes him a mind-blowing detective just about
everyone approaches Holmes with their problems
the police poor people rich people really rich people and anyone else you
can think of Holmes smokes his pipe observes things no one ever thinks of
and cracks their problems open with his deductions
where was Sherlock Holmes born and who were his mom and dad well no one really
knows where Sherlock Holmes was born because Sir Arthur Conan Doyle didn't
tell us that he didn't tell us his mom and dad's names either but what he did
tell us is that his grandmother's brother was the French painter Vernay
who was Verne a well he was a French artist famous for his battle paintings
his complete name was Horace Verney he is a painting by Vern a painting by
Harold Verne a sherlock holmes also talks about his brother Mycroft Holmes
who lives in Pall Mall London so he's the second Holmes relative who's
mentioned in the stories this Mycroft is as much a genius as Holmes but he's a
bit lazy he's the kind who says yes I know I could solve mysteries but I don't
want to move my butt winking face he helps the government of England form its
policies he's in a really important government position
his mind is this giant processing unit when he's told info about India and
Africa in this situation and that he processes everything and tells the
government do this this will be the best for the country well honestly that's all
that is mentioned by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle that and the fact that Holmes
ancestors were Squires important public figures with lands many Sherlock Ian's
and Holmes Ian's have invented names for Holmes relatives but those are all made
up by other people not Conan Doyle and by the way if you're asking when
Sherlock Holmes was born then January 6 1854 is the date almost everyone agrees
on there are quite a few reasons for that date take a peek here if you want
to delve deeper into why Sherlock Holmes birthdays on January 6th and how it is
celebrated how did Sherlock Holmes become a consulting detective that's an
intriguing question isn't it well Sherlock Holmes always had his awesome
observation and deduction skills since he was really young but he didn't know
he could be this guy everyone would come to for help and he absolutely hadn't
thought of making that a career then when he was around 21 he decided to
spend his holidays with his college friend Victor Trevor Victor Trevor's dad
was blown away by Holmes deduction skills when Holmes told him things like
- you want to forget someone with the initials J dot a dot ' you are afraid of
a personal attack - he was bamboozled all those things were true that's when
Victor Trevor's dad asked Sherlock Holmes to become a detective and said
that's your line of life sir and you may take it from a man who has seen the
world this is what made Holmes think something like well who what if this
guy's right Victor Trevor's dad died mysteriously soon and Holmes solved that
mystery in style soon homs' began taking up more cases my guess is he first
solved cases for friends then for other clients and the police
he must have started getting more and more cases through word-of-mouth and
before he realized it he must have become a famous consulting detective
are there any childhood pictures of Sherlock Holmes it would be interesting
to look at Holmes childhood but no there are no childhood pictures of Sherlock
Holmes in the original stories however there's this guy called Chris Columbus
the director of two of the Harry Potter movies who wrote the movie script for
the movie young Sherlock Holmes that movie has a teenager Sherlock Holmes
with a teenager Watson but these young versions were not created by Conan Doyle
who are Sherlock Holmes buddies Sherlock Holmes doesn't have bosom pals at least
not in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories yes if you're talking about a loyal
friend who would stand by you that is John Watson Watson and Holmes first meet
when they want to share an apartment and they soon hit it off pretty well one
more buddy Holmes says his Victor Trevor he was a college buddy did Holmes really
keep in touch after college not really then there is Reginald Musgrave again a
college acquaintance again I don't think he keeps in touch with this other guy
either it is more like if you have a case or a big problem
call Sherlock Holmes otherwise he just doesn't care winking face Holmes has
many professional friends though there is Inspector Lestrade athelney Jones
inspector Baines Gregson and inspector Hopkins of these Inspector Lestrade is
really really famous honestly Holmes doesn't exactly need these guys but they
provide him with warrants fascinating cases and sometimes policemen as he
solves a case four of the many inspectors mentioned in the Sherlock
Holmes stories you can clearly see that Holmes keeps in touch with people only
as far as they're connected with the case doesn't he feel like chilling out
with a friend just like that here's what Watson says about Holmes
combs loathed every form of society with his whole bohemian soul ahem that's
something if Holmes has any need to talk to a friend once in a hundred blue moons
I guess Watson is more than enough to fulfill that need another one from
Watson emotions were abhorrent to his cold precise but admirably balanced mind
he was I take it the most perfect reasoning and observing machine I know
how those quotes make Holmes seem like he wouldn't be a nice man to know if you
didn't care about his cases winking face who are Holmes enemies ah now we're onto
something Sherlock Holmes has a huge list of enemies I mean if you spend your
life solving crimes obviously there will be a host of criminals ready to pounce
on you out of all his enemies two guys are really famous James Moriarty and
Sebastian Moran both of them belong to the same gang and both try really hard
to kill Holmes Moriarty's fight with Holmes on the top
of Reichenbach Falls is almost legendary and so is Sebastian Moran's plan to
shoot Holmes with an airgun what did Moriarty and Moran do in
general well they took up contracts to kill people and loot them but only the
really big contracts of course they did all this so cleverly that no one except
for Holmes was even able to suspect them while there are many others baying for
Holmes blood in the stories I'll mention two of the other stoppers Charles
Augustus Milverton the infamous blackmailer and culverton Smith the
murderer the four men who are Holmes biggest enemies in the stories Thank You
Enoch Lau for the original image with four kings does Sherlock Holmes have a
girlfriend short answer no definitely not in the original stories why not
well he just doesn't need that special connection with someone I guess as
Watson says he was I take it the most perfect reasoning and observing machine
that the world has seen but as a lover he would have placed himself in a false
position he never spoke of the softer passions save with a gibe and a sneer
his Sherlock Holmes gay then we don't know because during conan doyle's time
people didn't talk about sexual orientation
what about Irene Adler honestly I think Holmes affair with Irene Adler is quite
hyped he admires her yes he thinks she is the woman yes he is in love with her
not mentioned anywhere so in a way you can call it a mini crush plus deep
admiration kind of bond and yes she appears in exactly one Sherlock Holmes
story so she definitely isn't the center of Holmes life Holmes and Watson
discussing Irene Adler I've made up some of this stuff of course there's one more
girl that Holmes does admire in one of the stories violet hunter he admires her
in the copper beeches and calls her a brave and sensible girl a quite
exceptional woman but that's again because of how she acts in the case once
the case is over Watson says as to miss violet hunter my friend Holmes rather to
my disappointment manifested no further interest in her when once she had ceased
to be the center of one of his problems what are Holmes hobbies if you stumble
upon Sherlock Holmes when he isn't neck deep in a case what would you find him
doing well his frequently practiced hobbies are
playing the violin conducting chemical experiments and attending concerts of
some of the famous music composers of that time Holmes three top hobbies so
there's definitely a good chance of him doing these three things when idle
there's one more thing Holmes keeps doing I don't know if you can call that
a hobby writing monographs when you observe
things very minutely like Sherlock Holmes it is obvious that you'll feel
like writing monographs about almost everything around you
music tobacco ears dogs homes rights monographs on breathtakingly diverse
subjects does knowing something well but not practicing it mean it's your hobby
Holmes is good at boxing too but doesn't really start every day with hey who's
game for a boxing match ok now that we are talking about Holmes hobbies there's
still one more tiny thing he does again if you could call it a hobby
he collects agony columns in those days newspapers have these spicy columns
through which people used to send secret and interesting messages to each other
poems devours these of course his intention is also to catch up on what
criminals are saying to each other through the columns Holmes also
apparently gets bored with these hobbies for after retiring he actually turns to
beekeeping in this place called Sussex Downs where does his interesting in
beekeeping come from I have no freaking idea what is Holmes typical day like
well Sherlock Holmes has two kinds of typical
days case stays and no case days if Holmes has a case on his hand then
there's nothing scheduled everything he does is for the case sleep is optional
food is optional only the case exists at that time his to-do list in his head
reads something like this 8:00 a.m. - visit the crime scene and examine every
speck there better than a hound 10 a.m. - interview this guy that girl and that
old man there 11 a.m. - did you stuff based on observation and plan the next
action this continues until Holmes stumbles upon one clue then the next and
the next if things work out well during a case Holmes sort of chills out he
completely detaches his thoughts from the case and starts conducting chemical
experiments or playing the violin or even attends a concert if things don't
work out well though well ahem Holmes smokes his pipe like crazy he's
stop sleeping he stops eating and goes mad solving the case and what if there
is no case well then his day might look something like this
8 a.m. - be up and enjoy a magnificent breakfast read agony columns 9 a.m. -
write a monograph on the - - of the - - 1 p.m. lunchtime - p.m. write another
monograph on - - - 5 p.m. get bored start off with a chemical experiment to
extract - from - this schedule could go on for a few days with some concerts and
violin playing sprinkled in then homes might get frustrated and he may just
start thinking of cocaine I know not a good idea
how does Sherlock Holmes look and what does he wear according to the Sherlock
Holmes books this is how Holmes looks in height he was rather over 6 feet and so
excessively lean that he seemed to be considerably taller his eyes were sharp
and piercing saved during those intervals of torpor to which I have
alluded and his thin hawk-like nose gave his whole expression an air of alertness
and decision his chin too had the prominence and squareness which marked
the man of determination you think the quotes too long well this picture
depicts it better Holmes here's how he looks like what
about Sherlock Holmes dress in the stories Holmes sometimes wears an Ulster
and it preventive Airy cold outside he wears an overcoat often that's the
long coat you see Holmes wearing many Sherlock Holmes fans like to think that
this overcoat is an Inverness Cape when it rains he wears a waterproof and
galoshes shoe covers sometimes Holmes even wears a tweed suit with a cloth cap
when he's travelling he might wear an ear flapped traveling cap that's the
standard deerstalker cap Holmes is generally shown wearing Sidney Paget the
famous illustrator gave the typical deerstalker cap look
two homes based on the ear flapped traveling cap mentioned in the stories
now if you're feeling bamboozled by all these Victorian terms I've used relax
and take a peek at the picture below smiley face Sherlock Holmes clothing
thanks to Cyril Thomas Robert Hendry and Cotswolds Taylor for contributing to
this picture what is one really funny Sherlock Holmes joke you must have heard
of the famous Sherlock Holmes and Watson go camping joke you haven't this picture
says it all the funny Holmes and Watson go camping joke and here are many many
more Holmes jokes you might love they're different and unique so give them a try
PS and here are some funny Sherlockian Limerick poems how much money does this
do make and how does Holmes make his money his Sherlock Holmes rich quite
does he take up cases to make money nope then how does he make his money the
short answer is this Sherlock Holmes takes up cases that are interesting and
challenging to him whether they pay well or not however he earns enough money
from a few of his cases to last him a lifetime this helps him chill out and
take up other cases which pay nothing easily he is a picture that shows
Sherlock Holmes highest paying cases Sherlock Holmes the money he makes now
obviously with that kind of money from some cases Sherlock Holmes isn't exactly
needy when it comes to money winking face he can afford to choose the cases
he likes because he's already got way too much money from a few other cases he
is an interesting quote by Holmes about not choosing cases for money
I assure you Watson without affectation that the status of my client is a matter
of less moment to me than the interest of his case what are those awesome
skills Holmes has which have made him super famous Sherlock Holmes has some
really cool skills but if you had to look at just one it would be this skill
one observing the mine you 'test detail around him asking himself - what are all
the possible reasons for this detail to be present and then coming up with the
most probable deduction Holmes is a master of observing and then deducing he
is an interesting example from silver blaze inspector Gregory and the dog in
the night-time look at how Holmes observes the fact the fact that a pet
dog did nothing even when a thief came no one notices this fact until Holmes
observes and then deduces the dog did nothing because it knew the thief's
skill - knowledge of tens of subjects that comes from observation take a peek
at this quote I can distinguish at a glance the ash of any known brand either
of cigar or of tobacco Sherlock Holmes is crazy about writing monographs in the
Sherlock Holmes stories he talks about his monographs on Sherlock Holmes
monographs list wow that's quite some variety skill three the power to detach
his mind imagine you are in the middle of the case that looks pretty crazy you
and Sherlock Holmes are exploring all day interviewing people figuring out
things and then suddenly Holmes says how about going to a concert but that's
exactly what Holmes does right in the middle of the case he forgets everything
and plays his violin or attends the concert or starts chemical experiments
it's mind-blowing literally his ability to detach from a case at will this quote
makes it all completely clear Sherlock Holmes had in a very remarkable degree
the power of detaching his mind at will for two hours the strange business in
which we had been involved appeared to be forgotten and he was entirely
absorbed in the pictures of the modern Belgian skill for being able to disguise
himself masterfully simply put Sherlock Holmes is the big daddy of disguise
the number of times he fools Watson who lives with him is crazy
he's a book collector in the empty house he's a rough guy in the village in the
Hound of the Baskervilles he's a clergyman in a scandal in Bohemia
a plumber in Charles Augustus Milverton and whatnot he is an interesting picture
that shows many of his fascinating disguises Holmes was a master of
disguise what are some other good honorable qualities that Holmes
possesses there is quite some goody-goody stuff that Holmes does you
know the kind that makes you say here's a good man one he keeps secrets if you
take him into your confidence he doesn't tell anyone he even says to a client's
wife who wants to get extra information out of him you can understand that I
extend to the affairs of my other clients the same secrecy which I
promised to you in yours too he's righteous Sherlock Holmes is ready to
die for a good cause yes ready to die this is what he said to Moriarty when
Moriarty threatens him with death if he Moriarty is exposed you have paid me
several compliments mr. Moriarty let me pay you one in return when I say that if
I were assured of the former eventuality I would in the interests of the public
cheerfully accept the latter he's basically saying if my death means your
death Moriarty I am ready to die brave three Sherlock Holmes plays fair he
never grabs an unfair advantage over the police he always leaves evidence for the
police and does not tamper with it it is not for me my dear Watson to stand in
the way of the official police force I leave them all the evidence which I
found for he is very empathic and polite all the time look at how charming he can
be when he approaches a woman to question her about a case quite so madam
said Holmes in his soothing way I have no doubt that you have been annoyed more
than enough already over this business anyone would want to open up after that
five homes often gives the credit of the case to others he doesn't mind that his
name won't appear in the case less trade and you
don't want your name to appear combs not at all the work is its own reward
or some qualities all of these what are Sherlock Holmes not so good qualities
Sherlock Holmes has some great qualities but who doesn't have vices or dude has
quite a few for instance one he does drugs sometimes at least in
the beginning of his career in a sign of four here's what Sherlock Holmes says to
Watson it is cocaine a 7% solution would you care to try it yes I know cocaine
was legal in the Victorian era but nope not a wise thing to do - he smokes a lot
especially when he isn't getting anywhere with respect to a case in fact
there are times when Watson comes home to find so much smoke in the apartment
he is hardly able to breathe now I know Holmes rocks with respect to his
deductions but smoking like that not great he is a dialogue from the
red-headed league it is quite a three pipe problem and I beg that you won't
speak to me for 50 minutes does this dialogue have style of course is it a
good thing to do to finish off three pipes while thinking about the problem
not really winking face Holmes smoking away as he
thinks about a case three he keeps his surroundings incredibly untidy in fact
he even misses the Untied eNOS when it isn't there now I can't blame Holmes
there because I am myself not perfect when it comes to keeping my surroundings
clean but a flaw is a flaw he is a quote to sum up Holmes untied eNOS without his
scrapbooks his chemicals and his homily untied eNOS he was an uncomfortable man
what are Sherlock Holmes idiosyncrasies and personal quirks every guy and girl
has an idiosyncrasy for instance I keep singing songs by changing their lyrics
almost throughout the day I keep sh H well you get the point we all have our
quirks what our homes quirks one Sherlock Holmes doesn't talk much when
solving a mystery rarely he shares details of the case with Watson but
generally he's just quiet and doesn't want to be disturbed I am not saying
that's bad I'm just saying his reticence is quirky - Holmes suddenly detaches
himself from a case and has loads of fun now this is quirky imagine you have a
problem and you really want to solve it you've started discovering hints and you
think you will reach the solution soon what will you do
a eagerly await any new developments and remain excited be chill listen to music
play music and conduct chemical experiments Holmes chooses be most of
the time when the case is making headway and he gets some free time he detaches
completely three gets bored and irritated at times because he is way
ahead Sherlock Holmes is intelligent okay super intelligent so when he sees
others acting relatively dumb he gets irritated at times in a scandal in
bohemia' when Holmes feels that his client is beating about the bush giving
all the dumb details and not the crux of the case this is what happens then prey
consult said holmes shutting his eyes once more and he is a nice complement
that holmes pays to inspector Hopkins in the golden pince-nez what did you do
Hopkins after you had made certain that you had made certain of nothing
poor Holmes gets completely transformed when on a trail when Sherlock Holmes is
investigating a case and examining the venue he's less a man and more a hound
he lies down he is super attentive this quote says it all Sherlock Holmes was
transformed when he was hot upon such a scent as this his face flushed and
darkened his brows were drawn into two hard black lines while his eyes shone
out from beneath them with a steely glitter
this picture sort of clarifies what I mean when I say Holmes becomes
transformed when on a trail sherlock holmes examining the crime scene in the
boscombe valley mr. t v he skips food when he can't solve a case when was the
last time you skipped food because you were so so engrossed in work if you put
this question to Holmes he would say why that was just last week
give him a case that's tough and expect him to forget about food for a while you
are hungry I remarked starving it had escaped my memory I have had nothing
since breakfast nothing not a bite I had no time to think of it six he can be
quite dramatic and boastful now Sherlock Holmes is cool no one can doubt that but
what's typical about Holmes is that he flaunts his coolness if he comes up with
a mind-blowing solution you can rest assured that he won't just show it to
you he will present it with such elegance and drama that your eyes will
pop out in the six Napoleon's when Holmes finally presents the missing bust
no one is able to find he does it in style a flush of color sprang to Holmes
pale cheeks and he bow to us like the master dramatist who receives the homage
of his audience remember I also said boastful well this quote from Holmes
himself from a Study in Scarlet - removes all doubts about Holmes being
boastful no man lives or has ever lived who has brought the same amount of study
and of natural talent to the detection of crime which I have done ahem not
exactly humble which real-world guy was Sherlock Holmes based on short answer
Holmes creation was inspired by others but he wasn't based on anyone Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle says that he was inspired by dr. Joseph Bell a doctor who deduced
stuff just like Holmes Conan Doyle worked under this doctor and he put
Belle's qualities to deduce things by looking at a patient in Holmes
Doyle was apparently also influenced by Henry Little John Little John was a
Scottish surgeon and forensic scientist who gave stellar evidence in many court
cases he too had some mind-blowing powers of observing details and making
stunning deductions he is an interesting picture that shows both dr. Joseph Bell
and Henry little John Conan Doyle's inspiration for Sherlock Holmes
thanks to Edinburgh news.com for Sir Henry little John's picture if you had
to mention three really interesting facts about Holmes what would they be
fact 1 Sherlock Holmes IQ is 190 at least that's what John Radford says it's
true that Sherlock Holmes never attempt any IQ test but this guy called John
Radford used three different techniques to establish that Holmes IQ is around
190 the IQ of the average human being is around 90 to 110 the IQ of Albert
Einstein is estimated to be around 160 an IQ greater than 130 is considered to
be pretty awesome Sherlock Holmes IQ fact to Sherlock Holmes does not know
that the Earth revolves around the Sun I was stunned when I read that in a study
in scarlet Watson is pretty amazed when Holmes tells him that he does not know
that the Earth revolves around the Sun to top that Holmes says what the deuce
is it to me he interrupted impatiently you say that we go round the Sun if we
went round the moon it would not make a penny worth of difference to me or to my
work fact 3 Sherlock Holmes is the only fictional character to receive an
honorary fellowship from the Royal Society of Chemistry this also means
that from 2002 onwards you should actually call Holmes Sherlock Holmes FRS
see fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in fact even Wikipedia
introduces Holmes as Sherlock Holmes FRS see
interesting by the way talking of facts have you checked out the Sherlock Holmes
quiz here what are three of Sherlock Holmes most awesome quotes there are way
too many Sherlock Holmes quotes out there these three are my favorites how
often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible whatever
remains however improbable must be the truth
the sign of four I know I'm repeating the one below but it's really good I
love it inspector gregson is there any point to
which you would wish to draw my attention combs to the Curious Incident
of the dog in the night-time Gregson the dog did nothing in the nighttime combs
that was the Curious Incident silver blaze and here comes the third come
Watson come the game is afoot not a word into your clothes and come the Abbey
Grange here's the complete list of my most favourite Sherlock Holmes quotes
ever how many cases did a loch Holmes handle in his entire life let's do the
math here in the Hound of the Baskervilles Holmes mentions that he's
tackled around 500 cases till then the Hound of the Baskervilles takes place
around 1889 and Holmes is active till 1904 around fifty three of Sherlock
Holmes cases in the books occur after the Hound of the Baskervilles around
thirty five of the cases are also mentioned but not described in the books
and these cases occur after the Hound what's the crux Holmes tackled at the
very least 500 plus 35 + 53 equals 588 cases at least but that's only based on
what is mentioned Watson keeps saying that he lists only interesting cases and
not all of them so I would estimate Holmes total number of cases at around
1000 what is his best case according to Holmes himself Sherlock Holmes never
really says in the books guys this is my best case but Conan Doyle did say that
he said that the speckled band was the best story he wrote there have been many
opinion polls conducted by famous journals as well according to four polls
conducted by the Baker Street Journal and the Sherlock Holmes Journal in 1944
1954 1989 1999 the best case is the speckled band from The Adventures of
Sherlock Holmes obviously if you had to pick just one case out of all the ones
it has to be this what does Sherlock Holmes do after he
retires how did Holmes die Holmes apparently
retires around 1904 or so in the stories he takes up beekeeping as his main hobby
beekeeping means maintaining bee colonies to produce honey and other
products from them where does Holmes do all this he
practices beekeeping in Sussex Downs Sussex Downs is an incredibly beautiful
place in southeast England he is a picture of where it is Sussex Downs
where Holmes finally retired where does Holmes get the money to buy a
place here and retire I am sure he saves up enough from his cases take a peek
here to estimate how much he might have saved up now coming to the crucial
question how did Holmes die honestly we don't know it's not mentioned anywhere
in the original books however William baring-gould a famous Sherlockian who
loved creating interesting facts related to Holmes says that Holmes died on
January 6 1957 that would make Holmes 103 years old at the time of his death
is that true well I don't know smiley face it's not mentioned anywhere period
William baring-gould is of course playing a game here he's assuming that
Holmes was a real person that's why he's telling us the date of Holmes death some
Sherlock Ian's and Holmes Ian's play this game they call it the great game
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