Sherlock
Sherlock informal term for a person who investigates mysteries or shows great perceptiveness; the term comes (in the early 20th century) from the name of Conan Doyle's fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.
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BORN: 1890, Torquay, England
DIED: 1976, Wallingford, England
NATIONALITY: British
GENRE: Fiction, Drama
MAJOR WORKS:
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