Adrian Conan Doyle

Adrian Conan Doyle was a British writer, discoverer, racing driver and big game hunter (1910–1970). He was born at Crowborough and died at Geneva.

Also recorded as Adrian Malcolm Conan Doyle.

Adrian Conan Doyle in brief

Born
1910
Died
1970
Known for
writer, discoverer, racing driver and big game hunter
Place of birth
Crowborough
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Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the heading Adrian Malcolm Conan Doyle. His recorded language was English.

He was the child of Arthur Conan Doyle and Jean Elizabeth Leckie.

Catalogued works

7 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1794 to 1971.

The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes. The Adventure of the Highgate Miracle. The Adventure of the Black Baronet. The Exploitsof Sherlock Holmes. Snow White and Rose Red, dated n.d., watercolor over graphite on ivory wove paper, laid down on card, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1927.2757. Weapons/Grenade, dated 1971, color lithograph on white wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1980.391. Professional and other correspondence, dated 1794-1944, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

6 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Conan Doyle, Adrian Malcolm, (19 Nov. 1910–3 June 1970), author; Trustee of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Estates; engaged in arranging family archives and biographical records; Chairman, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Foundation, Who Was Who, 2007. Adrian Conan Doyle, ‘Conan Doyle was Sherlock Holmes’, John O’London’s Weekly, 5 November 1943, p. 46, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1991. Arthur Conan Doyle, Something of Themselves, 2020. Lady Conan Doyle,‘Conan Doyle was Sherlock Holmes’, Pearson’s Magazine, vol. 78 (December 1934) pp. 574–7, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1991. Digression: Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini, Arthur Conan Doyle and Photography, 2023. Authorship and authenticity in Sherlock Holmes pastiches, Transformative Works and Cultures, 2017.

Digitised editions and texts

2 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

The exploits of sherlock holmes (1963) — Internet Archive. The Exploitsof Sherlock Holmes (1953) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 13 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 7 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 7 means 7 genuinely separate publishers of record. 11 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1910Adrian Conan Doyle born at Crowborough.
  2. 1953The Exploitsof Sherlock Holmes digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1963The exploits of sherlock holmes digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1970Adrian Conan Doyle died at Geneva.
  5. 1971Weapons/Grenade (The Art Institute of Chicago).

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    “Adrian Conan Doyle”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1291544: Adrian Conan Doyle

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