Julian Wolff
Maps and More
Dr. Julian Wolff was a physician specializing in workplace injury, and a life-long Sherlockian. Around 1940, he met Edgar W. Smith, and discovered their shared interest. Though war service intervened, he became active in the BSI at the war’s end. He is famous as the creator of maps of places related to Sherlock Holmes’s adventures, which were first drawn to illustrate Smith’s gazetteer Baker Street and Beyond. The maps were also published in a separate folio edition. Wolff for many years served as assistant editor of the Baker Street Journal, and when Smith died unexpectedly in September 1960. Wolff assumed the BSI leadership role and served until he stepped down in 1986.
On display are a letter communicating the investiture of author Colin Prestige, a publication relating to a Sherlock Holmes stamp (philately was another of Wolff's interests), and two manuscript maps. The carousel includes the original version of Wolff's U.S. map, as well as a pasted-on edit.
Julian Wolff. Letter to Colin Prestige. April 1, 1961.
Julian Wolff. A Ramble in Bohemia. New York: J. Wolff, 1957. From the library of David Randall.
U.S. Map with edit on top
Map of the United States, 1952
Map of the United States, 1952
Julian Wolff. Map of London. 1952.