I’m not going to make a big deal of this, since I wrote at greater length on the subject just two years ago, but today is supposed to be the birthday of Sherlock Holmes. According to Sherlockian Christopher Morley, that famous pipe-smoking and deerstalker-wearing London sleuth took his first breath in 1854.
READ MORE: “The Curious Case of a Birthday for Sherlock,” by Jennifer 8. Lee (The New York Times).
The question of Mr Holmes' birth date is discussed and given its definitive answer at: http://www.laurierking.com/whateverholmes.php
ReplyDeleteAlthough I'll grant you the day of 6 January.
Laurie King