John Polidori

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English person human physician short story writer

John Polidori was an English writer and physician best known for his influential 1819 short story "The Vampyre," a foundational work in vampire fiction.

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John William Polidori 2
John Polidori canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English person ⓘ
human ⓘ
physician ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
causeOfDeath suicide ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1795-09-07 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1821-08-24 ⓘ
describedAs pioneer of vampire fiction in English literature ⓘ
educatedAt Ampleforth College NERFINISHED ⓘ
University of Edinburgh ⓘ
employer Lord Byron NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup Italian ⓘ
familyName Polidori NERFINISHED ⓘ
father Gaetano Polidori NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork literature ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
genre Gothic fiction ⓘ
vampire fiction ⓘ
givenName John NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOccupation personal physician to Lord Byron ⓘ
influenced Bram Stoker NERFINISHED ⓘ
vampire literature ⓘ
influencedBy Lord Byron NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement Romanticism NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent 1816 stay at the Villa Diodati with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley ⓘ
notableWork Ernestus Berchtold; or, The Modern Oedipus NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Vampyre NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
physician ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

United Kingdom ⓘ
publicationDateOfNotableWork The Vampyre, 1819 ⓘ
relative Christina Rossetti NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dante Gabriel Rossetti NERFINISHED ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

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Wollstonecraft–Shelley circle → hasMember → John Polidori ⓘ
Claire Clairmont → associatedWith → John Polidori ⓘ
this entity surface form: John William Polidori
Frances Polidori → relative → John Polidori ⓘ
this entity surface form: John William Polidori