# Sherlock Holmes meets historical figures

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherlock-holmes-meets-historical-figures/847267>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [January 31, 2020, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherlock-holmes-meets-historical-figures/847267 "2020-01-31T00:59:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherlock-holmes-meets-historical-figures/847267/1 "2020-01-31T00:59:10Z")

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[Column link](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2088/did-sherlock-holmes-really-exist/?fbclid=IwAR1bhinquyItkVqtqjT9qM6TzfVxdJFAmU9ADOGx33SCkHZiQcEJkN19WCE)  
**Dex** , you sneaky bastich! I caught you palming that character! Caught it back in '03, too. Sir Harry would be proud of you.

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**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherlock-holmes-meets-historical-figures/847267/2 "2020-01-31T13:12:13Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> [Column link](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2088/did-sherlock-holmes-really-exist/?fbclid=IwAR1bhinquyItkVqtqjT9qM6TzfVxdJFAmU9ADOGx33SCkHZiQcEJkN19WCE)  
> **Dex** , you sneaky bastich! I caught you palming that character! Caught it back in '03, too. Sir Harry would be proud of you.

You mean to imply that Flashman is not a real-life contemporary of Sherlock Holmes? 😮