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1847	Birth of Bram (Abraham) Stoker in Dublin, third of seven children, son of a civil servant at Dublin Castle. He suffers from a long childhood illness.
1863	Aged 16, Bram Stoker enters Trinity College, Dublin, as a student of pure mathematics. During his studies Stoker becomes a university athletics champion, an unbeatable road walker and a capped footballer. He is also an active speaker with the Philosophical Society of which he becomes President. Following attendance at a performance by the actor Henry Irving, Stoker develops a passion for the theatre.
1870	Follows in father’s footsteps as a clerk in the Civil Service, but his interest in the arts continues to grow. Writes theatre reviews and short stories.
1878	Appointed business manager of London’s Lyceum Theatre by the actor Henry Irving. Marries Florence Balcombe. (Oscar Wilde was a rival for her hand.) As Irving’s tour manager, Stoker travels to America and Canada. During his travels he meets the American poet and man of letters, Walt Whitman.
1890	Publication of The Snake’s Pass
1897	First publication of Dracula (Text on-line : http://www.literature.org/authors/stoker-bram/dracula/ see also http://www.literature.org/authors/stoker-bram/draculas-guest/)
1900	Having been an instant success, Dracula is published as a sixpenny paperback edition.
1905	Following the death of Henry Irving, Stoker suffers from a stroke which leaves him unconscious for twenty-four hours.
1906	Publication of Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving
1907	His interview with Winston Churchill appears in the Daily Chronicle .
1911	Publication of The Lair of the White Worm ( http://www.literature.org/authors/stoker-bram/lair/ )
1912	Bram Stoker dies in April, survived by his wife and only child, Noel.
1931	The famous Bela Lugosi ‘talkie’ is made, one of the many films to be inspired by the ‘Dracula’ legend. Bram Stoker’s reputation as an author is based almost entirely on the novel, Dracula, and his other works are largely forgotten.