What role did Sherlock Holmes have in the history of CSI?

What role did Sherlock Holmes have in the history of CSI?

We have to look at James Bond of his day, Sherlock Holmes, who was authored by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, for inspiring a whole generation of scientists, and indeed a generation of readers, for turning them on, so to speak, to the field of forensic science. When we look at the history of forensic science into the early part of the twentieth century, many of its practitioners point to Sherlock Holmes as their inspiration for getting into the field of forensic science.