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Mycroft
Mycroft may refer to: Fictional entities * Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock Holmes' brother in Arthur Conan Doyle's detective novels * Mycroft Holmes (novel), ''Mycroft Holmes'' (novel), a 2015 novel by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Anna Waterhouse * Mycroft Holmes, a computer in Robert A. Heinlein's 1966 novel ''The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress'' * ''Mycroft Mixeudeim'', main character in the play The Charge of the Expormidable Moose by Claude Gauvreau Computing * Mycroft project, a collection of search plugins for web browsers * Mycroft (software), an open source intelligent personal assistant inspired by Robert A. Heinlein's 1966 novel ''The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress'' People * Alan Mycroft, co-creator of the Norcroft C compiler * Frank Mycroft (1873–1900), an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1893 and 1895 * Michaela Mycroft (born 1994), South African activist * Thomas Mycroft (1848–1911), English cricketer * William Mycroft (1841–1894), English cricketer * Ian Gillies (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mycroft Holmes
Mycroft Holmes is a fictional character appearing in stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle from 1893 to 1908. The elder brother (by seven years) of detective Sherlock Holmes, he is a government official and a founding member of the Diogenes Club. Mycroft is described as having abilities of deduction and knowledge exceeding even those of his brother, though their practical use is limited by his dislike of fieldwork. Fictional character biography History and occupation Mycroft Holmes is Sherlock Holmes's older brother. He mainly appears in two stories by Doyle, "The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter" and "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans". He also appears briefly in "The Final Problem", and is mentioned in "The Adventure of the Empty House". He first appears in "The Greek Interpreter", in which he brings Sherlock a case involving one of his neighbours. Sherlock Holmes tells Dr. Watson that Mycroft has powers of observation and deduction superio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mycroft Holmes (novel)
''Mycroft Holmes'' is a mystery novel by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Anna Waterhouse. It involves Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's character of Mycroft Holmes, the older brother of Sherlock Holmes, solving a mystery early in his career as a government official. It is Abdul-Jabbar's first adult novel. Plot Mycroft Holmes, secretary to Secretary of State for War Edward Cardwell, and his best friend Cyrus Douglas learn of disturbing reports from Douglas's birthplace Trinidad; stories of children gone missing, Douen, and Lougarou. Holmes's fiancée, Georgiana Sutton, was also raised in Trinidad and the stories terrify her enough to return home and seek answers. Holmes and Douglas follow her to the island and are confronted with dark mysteries. Publication history Having been a fan of the original Sherlock Holmes stories as a child, Abdul-Jabbar specifically chose to write about Mycroft as he felt that there was already an abundance of Sherlock Holmes pastiches. Reading Michael P. Hodel and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |