Joseph Bell
Surgeon
Joseph Bell FRCSE was a Scottish surgeon and lecturer at the medical school of the University of Edinburgh in the 19th century. He is best known as an inspiration for the literary character, Sherlock Holmes. Wikipedia
Born: December 2, 1837, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Died: October 4, 1911 (age 73 years), Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Parents: Cecilia Barbara Craigie and Benjamin Bell of Blackethouse
Spouse: Edith Katherine Erskine Murray (m. 1865)
Children: Benjamin Bell, Jean Isabella Erskine Murray Bell, and Cecilia Craigie Bell
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