The Remarkable Characters of Arthur Conan Doyle Proceedings of a conference held at The Lilly Library at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana on September 26, 2009 Edited by Joel B. Silver Order it at: www.bakerstreetjournal.com 152 pages, 8.5” x 5.5” hardcover, December 2013 With 8 illustrations Editor Biography Joel B. Silver is Director of the Lilly Library at Indiana University in Bloomington. The Lilly Library hosted the Remarkable Characters conference and presented an associated exhibition from September 21 to December 19, 2009 in its Main Gallery. www.bakerstreetjournal.com Page 1 of 2 Remarkable Characters of Arthur Conan Doyle Table of Contents Introduction Steven T. Doyle ix Welcome & Opening Remarks Michael F. Whelan xi David A. Randall, BSI, and the Formation of the Lilly Library’s Sherlockian Collection Joel B. Silver 1 Arthur Conan Doyle – Setting the Table for Today’s Speakers: How does ACD compare with his contemporaries in the creation of his characters? Dr. Donald J. Gray 9 Professor Challenger: The Lost World and Other Titles Roy E. Pilot 19 Brigadier Gerard: The Exploits & The Adventures Clifford S. Goldfarb 32 Sir Nigel Loring: The White Company & Sir Nigel Mark A. Gagen 49 Sherlock Holmes Leslie S. Klinger 65 Ladies of the Arthur Conan Doyle Canon Susan Rice 79 Supporting Characters of Arthur Conan Doyle Steven T. Doyle 92 Summation – Has the Conference Case Been Made, or Not? Dr. Donald J. Gray 106 Appendix: Labels for items on exhibition during the conference 113 About BSI Publications The Baker Street Irregulars, the literary society focused on Sherlock Holmes and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, publishes the BSI Manuscript Series, the International Series, the History Series, The Baker Street Journal, and select non-series works. All of these can be ordered at our website: http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com www.bakerstreetjournal.com Page 2 of 2 .