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Who was the inspiration for Sherlock Holmes?
Edgar Allan Poe's C. Auguste Dupin is generally acknowledged as the first detective in fiction and served as the prototype for many later characters, including Sherlock Holmes.
How did Edgar Allen Poe inspire Sherlock Holmes?
Conan Doyle once wrote, Each [of Edgar Allan Poe's detective stories] is a root from which a whole literature has developed.“

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