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Ely M. Liebow: 1924 - 2007Ardent Sherlock Holmes fanCollege literature professor and scholar wrote biography of 19th-Century British surgeon who inspired Arthur Conan Doyle character.

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From: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
Date: 20070412
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Byline: Trevor Jensen

Apr. 12--Ely M. Liebow, who taught literature at Northeastern Illinois University for more than 40 years, was a Sherlock Holmes scholar who wrote a groundbreaking biography about the Scottish surgeon on whom the fictional sleuth was based. Mr. Liebow, 82, died Friday, March 30, in Brentwood North Healthcare Center in Riverwoods after a two-year bout with pancreatic cancer, said his wife, Phoebe. He was a longtime resident of Highland Park. While his teaching specialty was 18th and 19th Century British literature, Mr. Liebow's free-ranging ...

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Ely M. Liebow: 1924 - 2007Ardent Sherlock Holmes fanCollege literature professor and scholar wrote biography of 19th-Century British surgeon who inspired Arthur Conan Doyle character.

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