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John William Polidori

1795 - 1821

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John William Polidori (7 September 1795 – 24 August 1821) was a British writer and physician. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John William Polidori is the 1,233rd most popular writer (down from 1,099th in 2019), the 1,117th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 838th in 2019) and the 122nd most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, John William Polidori ranks 1,233 out of 7,302. Before him are Herrad of Landsberg, Laura Marx, Alexander Griboyedov, Karim Findi, Pierre de Marivaux, and Egill Skallagrímsson. After him are Gavrila Derzhavin, B. H. Liddell Hart, Rasul Gamzatov, Lu You, Max Nordau, and Charles Péguy.

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Among people born in 1795, John William Polidori ranks 18. Before him are Antonio José de Sucre, Dingane kaSenzangakhona, Dred Scott, Saverio Mercadante, Ary Scheffer, and Alexander Griboyedov. After him are Hadji Murad, Anselme Payen, Vincent Pallotti, Heinrich Marschner, Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, and James Barry. Among people deceased in 1821, John William Polidori ranks 7. Before him are Napoleon, John Keats, Joseph de Maistre, Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans, Caroline of Brunswick, and Franz Karl Achard. After him are William I, Elector of Hesse, Gregory V of Constantinople, Princess Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt, Tudor Vladimirescu, Johann Jacob Schweppe, and Louis Claude Richard.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John William Polidori ranks 1,117 out of 8,785. Before him are Keith Emerson (1944), Eric Burdon (1941), Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757), Daniel Burley Woolfall (1852), John Stewart Bell (1928), and Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861). After him are James Oglethorpe (1696), Melanie C (1974), Roy Harper (1941), Mike Newell (1942), John Gray (1948), and Dave Mackay (1934).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John William Polidori ranks 122. Before him are David Lodge (1935), P. G. Wodehouse (1881), Sarah, Duchess of York (1959), Rosamunde Pilcher (1924), Diana Mosley (1910), and Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757). After him are Elizabeth Gaskell (1810), Michael Jackson (1942), Arthur Hailey (1920), Dylan Thomas (1914), Lobsang Rampa (1910), and Barbara Cartland (1901).

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