Bram Stoker, born Abraham Stoker on November 8, 1847, in Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland, was an esteemed Irish author celebrated for his quintessential Gothic horror masterpiece, 'Dracula' (1897). Stoker's early years were marred by illness, which relegated him to bed; however, he made a full recovery by his teenage years. He graduated from Trinity College Dublin with honors in mathematics. Initially e...