Sherlock Holmes wasn’t a real person, he was a creation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1887 for his detective novels. Arthur Conan was a famous English writer who was known in the whole world for the novels of Sherlock Holmes.
Sherlock Holmes is a private investigator, with a cool, ingenious and ironic character. He always smokes a pipe and wears an extravagant cloak and hat.
Her major friend and assistant is Mr Watson. He always helps Sherlock resolving different investigations, studying and analyzing the different situations and possibilities in each case.
Some of the most famous histories of this character are: Silver Blaze, The Speckled Band, The Sign of Four, A Scandal of Bohemia, etc.