Detective fiction the Detective. In short, it is difficult to establish who was the first to write the English-language detective novel, as various authors were exploring the theme simultaneously. In 1887, Arthur Conan Doyle created Sherlock Holmes, arguably the most famous of all fictional detectives. Although Sherlock Holmes is not the original fiction detective (he was influenced by Poe's Dupin and Gaboriau's Lecoq), his name has become a byword for the part. Conan Doyle stated that the character of Holmes was inspired by Dr. Joseph Bell, for whom Doyle had worked as a clerk at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. Like Holmes, Bell
Michaela Mycroft Michaela Mycroft Michaela (Chaeli) Mycroft (born 30 August 1994) is a South African ability activist with cerebral palsy who won the International Children's Peace Prize in 2011. The medal was presented to her by Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire. In 2004 Chaeli (aged 9) her sister Erin (aged 11), Tarryn Terry (aged 12) Justine Terry (aged 9) and Chelsea Terry (aged 6) founded The Chaeli Campaign in Cape Town to raise funds for Chaeli’s motorized wheelchair. The organization now runs seven programs that impact the lives of more than 7,000 beneficiaries annually. In 2012, at the World Summit of Nobel