hmmm.. interesting...
the last time i looked up something on Doyle, he was
more fascinated with the occult, as Occultism was on
its rise at Doyle's time. However, Ashok's theory
needs a little more pondering.

--- "Ashoke Dasgupta <ashoke_dasgupta@...>"
<ashoke_dasgupta@...> wrote:
> Hello everyone.
>
> Since names like Moriarty, Doyle, Holmes and Watson
> are as common in
> Britain as Dasgupta is in India, too much need not
> be read into the
> disclosure that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle belonged to
> the same club as a
> man named Moriarty, unless that Moriarty was imbued
> with some of the
> evil traits of the character in the stories.
>
> In fact, writers often change the names of any
> real-life people they
> may base their characters on.
>
> Moriarty, Doyle, Holmes and Watson are common names
> in the Winnipeg
> telephone directory.
>
> Cordially,
>
> ~Ashoke
>
>


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