Sherlock Holmes · every age

What was Sherlock Holmes doing at 49?

Detective who met Watson at 27, closed his last case at 60

1. c. 1903

   Retires to the Sussex coast to keep bees

   Around age 49.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

Unofficial fan information. Character and series names are trademarks of their respective owners. The 1854 birth year comes from His Last Bow, set in 1914, where Holmes is described as 60. January 6 is an estimate by scholars. Event years follow the original texts.

Portrait: Illustration by Sidney Paget (1904), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · source