Bram Stoker

The Irish novelist Bram Stoker was born in 1847 in Dublin. He was the son of Abraham and Charlotte Matilda Stoker who were residing in Clontarf when Bram was born. He was educated in Dublin and in 1866 he entered Trinity College Dublin. After college he became a civil servant in Dublin. Stoker became interested in the theatre though Dr. Maunsell a friend of Bram’s, when he was a student. Dr. Henry Maunsell died at his house in Greystones in 1879. He also wrote for the Dublin Mail as a Drama critic and later became editor of The Penny Press. Early writing of Bram’s  can be seen in Stokers journal which records a peace of prose called “Night Fishing” which he wrote while staying in Greystones for a long weekend. He followed the Actor Sir Henry Irving to London. where he became the great actors manager. His first publication was in 1879 and was titled The duties of Clerks of Petty Sessions in Ireland before going on to write 15 works of fiction. His most famous novel was Dracula which was published in 1897. Bram Stoker died in London in 1912.

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