Arthur
Conan
Doyle
was
born
in
Edinburgh
on
22nd
May
1859
.
He
____________________
(
study
)
medicine
at
Edinburgh
University
and
as
a
student
he
____________________
(
begin
)
writing
short
stories
.
He
____________________
(
become
)
a
doctor
in
the
south
of
England
,
but
at
first
he
____________________
____________________
(
not
have
)
many
patients
.
So
in
his
free
time
he
____________________
(
begin
)
writing
stories
about
a
brilliant
detective
,
Sherlock
Holmes
.
Conan
Doyle
____________________
(
base
)
Holmes'
personality
on
his
professor
at
university
.
Holmes
,
who
lives
at
221b
Baker
street
in
London
,
is
famous
for
solving
difficult
crimes
and
mysteries
using
his
great
intelligence
.
The
Sherlock
Holmes
stories
soon
____________________
(
become
)
very
popular
,
but
in
1893
Conan
Doyle
____________________
(
become
)
tired
of
his
detective
,
and
____________________
(
decide
)
to
"
kill
"
him
.
In
The
Final
Problem
,
Sherlock
Holmes
and
his
enemy
,
Professor
Moriarty
,
die
when
they
fall
off
the
Reichenbach
Falls
in
Switzerland
.
But
people
____________________
(
be
)
very
unhappy
to
lose
Sherlock
Holmes
,
and
there
____________________
(
be
)
letters
in
many
newspapers
asking
for
him
to
come
back
.
Finally
,
in
1901
Conan
Doyle
____________________
(
bring
)
him
back
in
a
new
story
,
"
The
Hound
of
the
Baskervilles
"
.
He
____________________
(
explain
)
that
Holmes
____________________
____________________
____________________
(
not
die
)
in
the
Reichenbach
Falls
,
but
miraculously
____________________
(
survive
)
.
The
author
____________________
(
die
)
on
7th
July
1930
,
but
Sherlock
Holmes
continues
to
live
both
in
the
stories
and
in
many
film
versions
.
