1837 Dr Joseph Bell – Scottish physician who served as personal surgeon to Queen Victoria whenever she visited Scotland. He lectured at the medical school of the University of Edinburgh and emphasized the importance of close observation in making a diagnosis. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who served for a time as Bell’s clerk at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, based Sherlock Holmes on Dr Bell

Sherlock Bell just doesn't have the same ring to it.








1859 Georges Seurat - French painter (Sunday Afternoon on the Island of Grand Jatte)

We have a huge Topiary Garden of A Sunday Afternoon on the Isle of La Grande Jatte here.