John William Polidori
English writer and physician (1795–1821)
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- Born
- 7 September 1795
- Died
- 24 August 1821
- Works
- 30
Top works
- Le vampire
- Lord Ruthwen
- Selected Vampire Stories (Annotated)
- Geneva Collection Frankenstein by Mary Shelley the Vampyre, by John Polidori
- El Vampiro
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John William Polidori (7 September 1795 – 24 August 1821) was an English writer and medical doctor. He is known for his associations with the Romantic movement and credited by some as the creator of the vampire genre of fantasy fiction.
His most successful work was the short story "The Vampyre" (1819), the first published modern vampire story. Although the story was at first erroneously credited to Lord Byron, both Byron and Polidori affirmed that the author was Polidori.
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1795 births1820s suicides1821 deaths19th-century British diarists19th-century English male writers19th-century English medical doctors19th-century English non-fiction writers19th-century English novelists19th-century English short story writersAlumni of the University of EdinburghBritish people of Italian descentBurials at St Pancras Old Church