NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Polidori, John William, 1795-1821 DNB: Polidori, John William (1795-1821), physician and writer LBT ID: JoPolid1821 VIAF ID: 32079702 LOC ID: n50020458 | B/BAP: 1795-09-07 DIED: 1821-08-24 |
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Physician and secretary to Lord Byron who accompanied him to Switzerland; author of The Vampire (1819) which he attributed to Byron. | |
CORRESPONDENCE OF John William Polidori: John Polidori to John Murray, 10 July 1816 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) |