Bram Stoker

(1847 - 1912)

Born in Clontarf, Ireland, in 1847, Bram Stoker published his most famous novel, Dracula, in 1897, after having earned a degree in mathematics, worked as a civil servant while writing drama reviews, and served as the actor Henry Irving’s manager for twenty-seven years. Among the facial characteristics that Stoker attributed to Count Dracula were thick eyebrows “almost meeting over the nose,” “extremely pointed” ears, red eyes, “peculiarly arched” nostrils, and “sharp white teeth” that “protruded over the lips.”