Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 1859 – 1930

Mr. Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson
by Sidney Paget

Conan Doyle was found clutching his chest in the hall of Windlesham, his house in Crowborough, East Sussex, on 7 July 1930.
He died of a heart attack at the age of 71. His last words were directed toward his wife: "You are wonderful."

The epitaph on his gravestone in the churchyard at Minstead in the new Forest, Hampshire, reads:
STEEL TRUE
BLADE STRAIGHT
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
KNIGHT
PATRIOT, PHYSICIAN & MAN OF LETTERS