Lair Of The White Worm

Bram Stoker (1847-1912): Abraham "Bram" Stoker was born in Ireland on November 8, 1847. The 3rd born in a family of seven children. When he was sixteen he started at Trinity College Dublin, where he developed a great passion for the theatre after witnessing a performance by the actor Henry Irving. Although Stoker wrote a number of short stories which appeared in magazines his reputation as an author stands almost wholly on his novel, Dracula which was first published in 1897. Bram Stoker died in April 1912 in London.