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|spouse =Mary Watson (The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel) {{!}} Mary Watson | |||
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|appearances = {{il|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Prelude All-Consuming Fire (short story)|Prelude All-Consuming Fire]]'', ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'', ''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]'', ''[[The Found World (novel)|The Found World]]'', ''[[The Shape of Things (novel)|The Shape of Things]]'', ''[[A Gallery of Pigeons (short story)|A Gallery of Pigeons]]'', ''[[Erasing Sherlock (novel)|Erasing Sherlock]]''|[[AUDIO]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire (audio story)|All-Consuming Fire]]''}} | |appearances = {{il|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Prelude All-Consuming Fire (short story)|Prelude All-Consuming Fire]]'', ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'', ''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]'', ''[[The Found World (novel)|The Found World]]'', ''[[The Shape of Things (novel)|The Shape of Things]]'', ''[[A Gallery of Pigeons (short story)|A Gallery of Pigeons]]'', ''[[Erasing Sherlock (novel)|Erasing Sherlock]]''|[[AUDIO]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire (audio story)|All-Consuming Fire]]''}} | ||
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}}'''"Dr John H. Watson M.D."''' was the literary alias of the assistant to the detective [[Sherlock Holmes]]. According to some accounts he was a real person with the first name of "James" who inspired a literary character. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prelude All-Consuming Fire]]'') Others held that Sherlock Holmes, and therefore he himself, were entirely fictional. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'') | }}'''"Dr John H. Watson M.D."''' was the literary alias of the assistant to the detective [[Sherlock Holmes]]. According to some accounts he was a real person with the first name of "James" who inspired a literary character. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prelude All-Consuming Fire]]'') Others held that Sherlock Holmes, and therefore he himself, were entirely fictional. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'') | ||
== Biography | == Biography == | ||
James studied with [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] when they attended the same medical school, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prelude All-Consuming Fire]]'') [[University of Edinburgh|Edinburgh]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Evolution (novel)|Evolution]]'') | James studied with [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] when they attended the same medical school, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prelude All-Consuming Fire]]'') [[University of Edinburgh|Edinburgh]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Evolution (novel)|Evolution]]'') | ||
Watson was known for his fictionalised accounts of the adventures of his friend [[Sherlock Holmes]] that were edited by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]], in whose name they were published. Because of this, it was widely believed both contemporaneously and later that Holmes was in fact a fictional character created by Conan Doyle. | Watson was known for his fictionalised accounts of the adventures of his friend [[Sherlock Holmes]] that were edited by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]], in whose name they were published. Because of this, it was widely believed both contemporaneously and later that Holmes was in fact a fictional character created by Conan Doyle. | ||
In [[1887]], Holmes and Watson assisted the [[Seventh Doctor]] in battling [[Azathoth (All-Consuming Fire)|a being]] pretending to be the [[Old One]] called [[Azathoth]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'') | |||
In [[1888]], Watson and Holmes met up with [[Iris Wildthyme]] and [[Panda]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shape of Things]]'') | Later that year, they travelled to [[24 April]] [[2010]] to attend the wedding of [[Bernice Summerfield]] and [[Jason Kane]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]'') | ||
In [[1888]], Watson and Holmes met up with [[Iris Wildthyme]] and [[Panda]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shape of Things (novel)|The Shape of Things]]'') | |||
By [[1893]], John had married [[Mary Watson (The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel)|Mary Watson]]. In the [[spring]] of this year, John was on a cruise with her when Bernice Summerfield tried to contact him. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel (audio story)|The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel]]'') | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
