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Mycroft Holmes
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Key facts
- First appearance
- " The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter " (1893)
- Last appearance
- " The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans " (1908)
- Created by
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Government official
- Family
- Sherlock Holmes (brother)
- Nationality
- British
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Family name
- Holmes
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- official
- Creator
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- Performer
- Max Irons
- Image
- Gree-07.jpg
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- Commons category
- Mycroft Holmes
- member of
- Diogenes Club
- present in work
- Sherlock
- name in native language
- Mycroft Holmes
- date of birth
- 1847-03-18
- enemy
- Professor Moriarty
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Encyclopedic overview
Mycroft Holmes is a fictional character appearing in stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle from 1893 to 1908. The elder brother (by seven years) of detective Sherlock Holmes, he is a government official and a founding member of the Diogenes Club. Mycroft is described as having abilities of deduction and knowledge exceeding even those of his brother, though their practical use is limited by his dislike of fieldwork.
Fictional character biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mycroft Holmes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.