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An elegant rule for a more civilized age (lemmy.sdf.org)

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[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

it was inspired by the same real-life person that was the inspiration for Sherlock

Wait really? I always thought it was just directly inspired by Sherlock Holmes himself.

[–] Technus@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 months ago

I guess I was remembering something someone wrote on Reddit.

House has a ton of Sherlock Holmes references throughout, it was definitely the primary inspiration. But they also make a couple references to the surgeon Joseph Bell, the original inspiration for Sherlock.