Joseph Bell was the inspiration for Arthur Conan Doyle’s character, Sherlock Holmes. Educated at Edinburgh Academy, Bell, aged sixteen, enrolled at the University of Edinburgh to study medicine.
• The Stardust Big Band, with vocalist Olga Palenga, will perform from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday for a masquerade ball at the American Legion Hall, 209 Monroe St., Port Townsend. Admission is $12 ...