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John Polidori

Author of The Vampyre

Includes the names: John W Polidori, Dr. John Polidori, John William Polidori, John William Polidori, John William Polidori, Dr. John William Polidori

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Polidori, John
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Date of birth
1795-09-07
Date of death
1821-08-21
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male
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UK
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London, England, UK
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London, England, UK (birth)
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Ampleforth College
University of Edinburgh
Occupations
physician
writer
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Rossetti, Christina (niece)
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (nephew)
Rossetti, William Michael (nephew)
Rossetti, Maria Francesca (niece)
Rossetti, Gabriele (brother-in-law)
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In 1816, Dr. John Polidori became the personal physician of Lord Byron and accompanied him on a trip through Europe. Polidori was present during the famous summer at the Villa Diodati on Lake Geneva in Switzerland when Byron, the Shelleys, and Claire Clairmont created ghost stories to amuse each other.
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