SherlockHolmes,theworld'sfirstconsultingdetective,wasborn
January6,1854thedescendantofcountrysquires.Hespenttwoyears
atuniversitybeforetakingroomsinMontaguestreetaroundthecorner
fromtheBritishMuseum.Whileatuniversityhespentthelongvacation
withafriend,VictorTrevor,atTrevor'sfamilyhomewhereTrevorSr.,
suggestedHolmesmakeaprofessionoutofhisabilitytoobserve.(GLOR)
ItwasatSt.Barts'Hospitalsometimeduring1882thatamutual
acquaintanceintroducedHolmestoDr.JohnH.Watson,whowaslaterto
becomeHolmes'biographerandclosestfriend.Thetwowouldsharerooms
inBakerStreetthroughoutmostofHolmes'longcareer,saveforthose
timesthatWatsonwasmarried.(STUD)
Holmesinvestigatedclosetoathousandcasesby1891whenhewas
supposedlydispatchedbyProfessorMoriarty(themostdangerousand
formidablecriminalmindHolmeswouldeverencounter)downthefalls
ofReichenbach.(FINA)
Resurrectedin1894,afterahiatusduringwhichHolmestraveled
throughoutEuropeandAsiaundervariouspseudonyms,Holmesreturnsto
LondonandagaintakesupresidenceinBakerStreet.(EMPT)Hesolves
manyhundredsofcasesuntilheretirestoSussexsometimeduring1903-04.
Hisretirementisourgreatloss.Wewishhimwellasheraisesbees
alongtheSussexCoastandwetrytorememberthatitisalways"1895"