TRUE OR FALSE: Sherlock Holmes was an actual person?

Question

The estate of Sir Author Conan Doyle recently anounced that the writings of a certain Mr. Holmes was in reality actual case studies from Scotland Yard and "peppered" with the private and personal memoirs from a Mr. Watson which had been kept under lock and key in Mr. Doyle's private study..

Although exagerrated in certain details through Doyle's interpretations ... The world's most famous detective was in fact an actual investigator that was known for experimenting

in new techniques and had a scholarly assistant that kept records and documents of his findings {even his own personal itinerary}

Answer 1

false

Answer 2

False, in that there was no Sherlock Holmes....However, like most "crime" novelists, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle chose to follow the real cases of the police force.  Much the same way as Leatherface is "real" because he's based on Ed Gein, or any number of similar type cases dolled up for public viewing.

Now, these files suggest that he seemed to follow mostly the cases of one individual, literary license must still be assumed to have been taken, or the records matching an investigator's travels would correlate with the tales.  So, in effect we must assume that while based on fact, Holmes is still fiction.

Answer 3

False.  Holmes was very loosely based on a doctor that used to make claims based on observations of a person's appearance.  The doctor did it as an amusement or a party trick*, so Doyle made his character do the same thing;  to be amusing.

* like a pub wager, or bar bet.

Answer 4

Trulse

Answer 5

Sherlock Holmes was based on a variety of people, but he is not one genuine man