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…but it is better to learn wisdom late than never to learn it at all.

Arthur Conan Doyle

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Arthur Conan Doyle
Age: 71 †
Born: 1859
Born: May 22
Died: 1930
Died: July 7
Crime Writer
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Physician
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Edinburgh
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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle
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