Sherlock Holmes!

The author that created Sherlock Holmed was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in the 1880s. Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He loved literature as the child. He had learned French so that he could read Jules Verne in the original.
He studied medicine at Edinburgh university. One of his profesprs, Dr Joseph Bell, inspired the creation of Sherlock Holmes.

Sherlock Holmes appears in 60 stories plubished between 1887 and 1927. Seven million hardbooks and 100 million paperback have been sold.

The famoues quote "Elementary, my dear Watson" never appeared in the books.

In the books, 221b Baker Street, is the London Address of Holmes and Watson. In the real world it was a banck. Today, 221b is the number of Sherlock Holmes museum.
The museum is actually between 237 and 241 Baker Street. But now it officially has the number 221b. There is also a pub in London called The Sherlock Holmes.

Sherlock Holmes is the literaty character who is in the most films.
Now, he returns in a new film whit Robert Downey Jr. as Homes and Jude Law as his friend, Dr Watson.
Brad Pitt will be Moriarty in the next Sherlock Holmes film.