Sherlock Holmes: References & Edit History
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William S. Baring-Gould, The Annotated Sherlock Holmes, 2 vol. (1967, reissued 2 vol. in 1, 1992), remains the standard scholarly edition of Conan Doyle’s adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Jack Tracy (compiler and ed.), The Encyclopaedia Sherlockiana: or, A Universal Dictionary of the State of Knowledge of Sherlock Holmes and His Biographer John H. Watson, M.D. (1977; also published as The Ultimate Sherlock Holmes Encyclopedia, 1997), provides a remarkable companion volume of detailed and easily retrievable knowledge about the Holmes adventures. Ronald Burt De Waal, The World Bibliography of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: A Classified and Annotated List of Materials Relating to Their Lives and Adventures (1974), and its companion volumes, The International Sherlock Holmes (1980) and The Universal Sherlock Holmes (1994), give information about particular themes of the “higher criticism” on Holmes.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add new Web site: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction - Sherlock Holmes. | Jul 03, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - Late Night Live - Arthur and Sherlock. | Dec 04, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - Overnights - Profiling the world's only consulting detective Sherlock Holmes. | Jul 08, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Mar 20, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - The Scientific and Poetic Aspects of the Character of Sherlock Holmes. | Sep 11, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Bridgewater State University - Virtual Commons - A Study in Sherlock: Revisiting the Relationship between Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John WatsonHolmes and Dr. John Watson. | Jun 06, 2024 | ||
| Noted the children's TV show Wishbone and the series House as being portrayals of Sherlock Holmes. | May 21, 2024 | ||
| Link added. | Apr 02, 2024 | ||
| Link added. | Apr 02, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC Culture - How Sherlock Holmes changed the world. | Jan 02, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Victorian Web - Sherlock Holmes's Addictions. | Nov 07, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Victorian Web - Sherlock Holmes's Addictions. | Nov 07, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: British Library - Sherlock Holmes, the world's most famous literary detective. | Aug 08, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: History Net - Sherlock Holmes: The History of the Mystery. | Jun 29, 2023 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Oct 29, 2020 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | May 14, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Literary Estate - Sherlock Holmes. | Feb 15, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia - Sherlock Holmes. | Apr 19, 2018 | ||
| Article revised; cross-references added. | Nov 07, 2017 | ||
| Changed the date of The Adventure of the Empty House from "1902" to "1903." | Dec 03, 2014 | ||
| Cross-reference to article "Sherlock Holmes: Pioneer in Forensic Science" added. | Jul 18, 2014 | ||
| Added Robert Downey, Jr., and Benedict Cumberbatch to the list of notable portrayers of Holmes. | May 30, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: h2g2 - Sherlock Holmes Part I - the Character. | Oct 05, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of The Sherlock Holmes Museum. | Feb 22, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Sherlock Holmes. | Feb 20, 2012 | ||
| Title has been changed from "Holmes, Sherlock" to "Sherlock Holmes." | Apr 17, 2009 | ||
| Changed date of founding of Baker Street Irregulars from 1933 to 1934; changed date of founding of Sherlock Holmes Society of London from 1934 to 1951 and clarified its origins. | Apr 17, 2009 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 25, 2007 | ||
| Media added. | Nov 02, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 16, 2001 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |