Bram Stoker and His Count Dracula

30 October 2011 · Genealogist

TheGenealogist

Bram Stoker Estate account

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TheGenealogist introduces Stoker through family history and records, including his father’s entry in the 1846 Dublin Almanach. The article sketches the writer’s childhood, civil-service career, theatrical connections and marriage, illustrating how directories can support biographical research.

Family-history feature dated 30 October 2011 in saved publisher metadata. Relevant text about directories and family background inspected. The summary does not adopt its “nearly two hundred years” exaggeration.

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Related illustration: Bram Stoker, seated three-quarter portrait (b/w)Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.