John William Polidori

1795–1821

1 standalone book

John William Polidori (1795-1821) was an English writer and physician who served as Lord Byron's personal physician. During a holiday in Switzerland with Byron, he took part in a ghost-story writing exercise, producing what became the first modern vampire story in English, using a fragment Byron wrote as its base.

Born: 1795

Books by John William Polidori

The Vampyre

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