Oxford or Cambridge

"one of the brightest intellects of the University" [3STU]  

 

Of the long-running debates about the Sherlock Holmes stories (the location of Watson's wound, the true dates of "The Red-Headed League," the location of 221B Baker Street), one of the most perennial is Sherlock Holmes's university.

 

There are cases to be made for each of the great universities, but it was Gavin Brend who made a definitive case in a chapter of his 1951 book My Dear Holmes. This Mr. Sherlock Holmes the Theorist episode may be academic, but it's just a Trifle.

 

 

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Links

• My Dear Holmes (Abebooks)
• The Sherlock Holmes Society of London
• Oxfords Not Brogues (Real Style)
• Previous episodes mentioned:
• Episode 310 - The Route of the Blue Carbucle

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Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra
Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: United States Marine Band.
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