Arthur Conan Doyle remembered on his birthday

On May 22, institutions and readers mark Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's birthday, celebrating the Edinburgh-born author who was born on May 22, 1859 and turns 167 this year. Events and posts include Dunblane Museum family sleuthing trails, online quizzes testing Sherlock Holmes knowledge, shared readings of 'A Study in Scarlet' and 'The Hound of the Baskervilles,' and audiobook uploads of stories like 'The Brown Hand.' Organizers and posts highlight Doyle's wider life, he trained as a physician, played as an early Portsmouth goalkeeper, ran for Parliament twice and campaigned on public causes, underscoring how his prolific fiction and colorful biography keep Sherlock Holmes central to detective fiction and popular culture.