Sherlock Holmes

Nationality: British

Occupation: Private Detective

Family

Brother - Mycroft Holmes

Hobbies: Heroine, Cocaine, violin

SHERLOCK HOLMES -- his limits.

1. Knowledge of Literature. -- Nil.
2. Knowledge of Philosophy. -- Nil.
3. Knowledge of Astronomy. -- Nil.
4. Knowledge of Politics. -- Feeble.
5. Knowledge of Botany. -- Variable. Well up in belladonna, opium, and poisons generally. Knows nothing of practical gardening.
6. Knowledge of Geology. -- Practical, but limited. Tells at a glance different soils from each other. After walks has shown me splashes upon his trousers, and told me by their colour and consistence in what part of London he had received them.
7. Knowledge of Chemistry. -- Profound.
8. Knowledge of Anatomy. -- Accurate, but unsystematic.
9. Knowledge of Sensational Literature. -- Immense. He appears to know every detail of every horror perpetrated in the century.
10. Plays the violin well.
11. Is an expert singlestick player, boxer, and swordsman.
12. Has a good practical knowledge of British law.

A Study In Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Books Featured In

• 1887 "A Study in Scarlet" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• 1890 "The Sign of the Four"  by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• 1891-1892 "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  • "A Scandal in Bohemia"
  • "A Case of Identity"
  • "The Adventure of the Red-Headed League"
  • "The Boscombe Valley Mystery"
  • "The Five Orange Pips"
  • "The Man with the Twisted Lip"
  • "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle"
  • "The Adventure of the Speckled Band"
  • "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb"
  • "The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor"
  • "The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet"
  • "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches"
• 1892-1893 "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  • "Silver Blaze"
  • "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box"
  • "The Adventure of the Yellow Face"
  • "The Stockbroker's Clerk"
  • "The Gloria Scott"
  • "The Musgrave Ritual"
  • "The Adventure of the Reigate Squire"
  • "The Adventure of the Crooked Man"
  • "The Resident Patient"
  • "The Greek Interpreter"
  • "The Naval Treaty"
  • "The Final Problem"
• 1901-02 "The Hound of the Baskervilles" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• 1903-04 "The Return of Sherlock Holmes" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  • "The Adventure of the Empty House"
  • "The Adventure of the Norwood Builder"
  • "The Adventure of the Dancing Men"
  • "The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist"
  • "The Adventure of the Priory School"
  • "The Adventure of Black Peter"
  • "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton"
  • "The Adventure of the Six Napoleons"
  • "The Adventure of the Three Students"
  • "The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez"
  • "The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter"
  • "The Adventure of the Abbey Grange"
  • "The Adventure of the Second Stain"
• 1914-15 "The Valley of Fear" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• 1908-17 "His Last Bow" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  • "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge"
  • "The Adventure of the Red Circle"
  • "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans"
  • "The Adventure of the Dying Detective"
  • "The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax"
  • "The Adventure of the Devil's Foot"
  • "His Last Bow"
• 1921-27 "The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  • "The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone"
  • "The Problem of Thor Bridge"
  • "The Adventure of the Creeping Man"
  • "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire"
  • "The Adventure of the Three Garridebs"
  • "The Adventure of the Illustrious Client"
  • "The Adventure of the Three Gables"
  • "The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier"
  • "The Adventure of the Lion's Mane"
  • "The Adventure of the Retired Colourman"
  • "The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger"
  • "The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place"