He was born on November 8, 1847 at 15 Marino Crescent— then as now called "The Crescent" - in Fairview, a coastal suburb of Dublin, Ireland. Stoker was an invalid until he started school at the age of seven — when he made a complete and astounding recovery. After his recovery, he became a normal young man, even excelling as an athlete (he was named University Athlete) at Trinity College, Dublin (1864–70), from which he graduated with honours in mathematics. He was auditor of the College Historical Society and president of the University Philosophical Society, where his first paper was on "Sensationalism in Fiction and Society". n 1878 Stoker married Florence Balcombe, a celebrated beauty whose former suitor was Oscar Wilde. The couple moved to London. The Stokers had one son, Irving Noel, who was born 31 December 1879. He supplemented his income by writing a large number of novels, his most famous being the vampire tale Dracula which he published in 1897. Before writing Dracula, Stoker spent eight years researching European folklore and stories of vampires. Dracula is an epistolary novel, written as collection of diary entries, telegrams, and letters from the characters, as well as fictional clippings from the Whitby and London newspapers. Stoker's inspiration for the story was a visit to Slains Castle near Aberdeen. The bleak spot provided an excellent backdrop for his creation. Bram Stoker died on April 20th, 1912, and was cremated and his ashes placed in a display urn at Golders Green Crematorium.
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