Abraham "Bram" Stoker (8 November 1847 20 April 1912) was an Irish author, best known today for his 1897 Gothic Horror novel Dracula. During his lifetime, he was better known as the personal assistant of actor Sir Henry Irving, and business manager of the Lyceum Theatre in London, which Irving owned.
Stoker was born on 8 November 1847 at 15 Marino Crescent, Clontarf, on the northside of Dublin, Ireland. His parents were Abraham Stoker (17991876) from Dublin and Charlotte Mathilda Blake Thornley (181