PROFESSOR JAMES MORIARTY
Name: Professor Moriarty
Professor James Moriarty is a fictional character who is the best known
antagonist (and archenemy) of the detective Sherlock Holmes. Widely considered
to be the first true example of a supervillain, Moriarty is a criminal
mastermind, described by Holmes as the "Napoleon of Crime" (T. S. Eliot would
later use the same phrase, in homage, to describe Macavity in Old Possum's Book
of Practical Cats). Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, lifted
the phrase from a real Scotland Yard inspector who was referring to Adam Worth,
a true-life (though non-violent) model for Moriarty. Conan Doyle is known to
have used his former school, Stonyhurst College, as inspiration for details of
the Holmes series; among his contempories at the school were two boys named
Moriarty.
Name: Professor Moriarty
Professor James Moriarty is a fictional character who is the best known
antagonist (and archenemy) of the detective Sherlock Holmes. Widely considered
to be the first true example of a supervillain, Moriarty is a criminal
mastermind, described by Holmes as the "Napoleon of Crime" (T. S. Eliot would
later use the same phrase, in homage, to describe Macavity in Old Possum's Book
of Practical Cats). Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, lifted
the phrase from a real Scotland Yard inspector who was referring to Adam Worth,
a true-life (though non-violent) model for Moriarty. Conan Doyle is known to
have used his former school, Stonyhurst College, as inspiration for details of
the Holmes series; among his contempories at the school were two boys named
Moriarty.