Bram Stoker's Dublin Friends
 “Speranza”
Lady Jane Francesca Agnes Wilde
1820 - 1896
Poet, advocate for women’s rights;
mother of Oscar |  Sir William Robert Wills Wilde
1815 - 1876
Ireland’s leading ear & eye surgeon, knighted for his service to medicine; author, angler & outdoorsman; father of Oscar |  Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde
1854 - 1900
Poet, novelist, and playwright, shameless self-promoter & leader of the so-called aesthetic movement, Oscar was romantically involved with young Florence Balcombe prior to her marriage to Bram Stoker |
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 Edward Dowden
1843 - 1913
Irish Poet,
Professor of English Literature and Oratory,
Bram Stoker’s mentor at Trinity College Dublin.
In his first book, Shakespeare: His Mind and Art, Dowden wrote, “Even though death end all, these things at least are - beauty and force,
purity, sin, and love, and anguish and joy. These things are, and therefore life cannot be a little idle whirl of dust.” |  Hester Dowden Travers Smith
1868 - 1949
Daughter of Edward Dowden, married to a well-respected Dublin physician. A Spiritualist and professional medium, who practiced internationally, she communicated with Shakespeare, and published a book on her spirit world conversations with Oscar Wilde. |  Francis Frankfort Moore
1855 - 1931
Very popular & prolific writer & satirist, married to Alice Grace Balcombe, sister of Florence Balcombe Stoker.
“I think that if ever a mortal heard the voice of God it would be in a garden at the cool of the day.” |
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 Dame Madge Kendal nee Robertson
1849 - 1935
English actress, singer, theatre manager and her English husband, William Hunter Grimstom
1843 -1917
whose stage name was Kendal. Both frequented the Dublin stages. He was a member of the Beefsteak & Garrick Clubs. |  Walter Fredrick Osborne
1859 - 1903
Born in Rathmines, son of William Osborne, also an artist.
Impressionist landscape and portrait painter, who it was said, bowled well enough to have made a living by cricket. Close friend of Bram & Thornley, he painted many members of the Stoker family. |  Dr. George Ferdinand Shaw
1821 - 1899
First editor of the Irish Times, Fellow of Trinity College Dublin, Bram Stoker’s tutor at TCD, and a founder of the Home Rule League |
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