Watson

Background
Dr. John H. Watson was Sherlock Holmes's closest friend, assistant, and flatmate. Watson was also Holmes' biographer and the narrator of all but four stories in the Sherlock Holmes canon.

Watson graduated with a medical degree from the University of London in 1878, and later became a surgeon in the British Army. While in the Army, he joined British forces in India and saw service in the Second Anglo-Afghan War. However his military service was cut short after being wounded at the Battle of Maiwand. He was sent back to England to recover.

Novels

 * A Study in Scarlet (published 1887, in Beeton's Christmas Annual )
 * The Sign of the Four (published 1890, Lippincott's Monthly Magazine)
 * The Hound of the Baskervilles (serialised 1901–1902 in The Strand)
 * The Valley of Fear (serialised 1914–1915 in The Strand)

Short stories

 * The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (contains stories published 1891–1892 in The Strand)
 * The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (contains stories published 1892–1893 in The Strand as further episodes of the Adventures)
 * The Return of Sherlock Holmes (contains stories published 1903–1904 in The Strand)
 * His Last Bow (contains stories published 1908–1913 and 1917)
 * The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (contains stories published 1921–1927) The stories in this volume originally published after 1923 are still under copyright in the United States.

Golden Age Appearances

 * Cartoons by McCutcheon #[nn]
 * Four Color #1169,1245