History Of Sherlock Holmes

London has a history dating back to more than 2,000 years ago and several variables have it allowed it to become what it has today. London has experienced plague, devastating fire, civil war, aerial bombardment, terrorist attacks, and widespread rioting. The 18th century was an era where in order to convict someone of a crime you needed eyewitness testimonies or “smoking gun” evidence. For example, a man named Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created the short story series Sherlock Holmes. First published in 1887 in The Strand Magazine, the Study of Scarlett was published and Holmes’ success encouraged him to continue to write more short stories. Much of the late 18th century and even until now, Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes cultivated an addiction for his

Britain’s appetite for ravenous cheap fiction allowed Sherlock Holmes to entertain the young and educated scene with little cash. While being published by The Strand Magazine, where he gained most of his popularity, was sold for six sixpence (2.5 modern pence). Holmes was a luxury that was affordable luxury – even for poverty stricken teenager. A year after Sherlock Holmes was published in 1887, a man nicknamed the “Leather Apron”, better known as the “Jack the Ripper” killed five or six women in the East End in London around the White Chapel

In the Jack the Ripper era, this allowed him to walk the streets freely. Holmes used methods that were introduced by himself in the late 19th century and have proven to help evolve scientific investigation methods we use today for capturing criminals. Modern detectives view Arthur Conan Doyle as a genius. Holmes used methods, such as, chemistry, fingerprints, and bloodstains in order to catch offenders. Holmes was the first to use ballistics, which included Bullet Trajectory, which was used as evidence in criminal cases. Holmes paved the road for modern toxicologists by using scientific methods to detect the presence of poisons during the late 19th century. Doyle’s popularity rose incrementally along with Sherlock Holmes and as the creator of the short stories, he received letters appealing help with crimes. In 1903, Doyle exonerated a man who was accused of killing animals and proved the accused innocent, but the police refused to believe him. As Doyle’s voice became more and more influential throughout the 20th century, he played an important part in setting up the British Court of