About William Wilkinson
Lived 1800 – 1836. William Wilkinson was a British diplomat.
William Wilkinson (died 1836) was an Englishman appointed as the Levant Company's representative in Bucharest in October 1813; His agency was terminated in 1816. Despite support for his candidacy from Prince Ioan Caragea, the then hospodar of Wallachia, Wilkinson failed in his attempt to secure appointment as British Consul in Bucharest in 1818. It was one of the books on which Bram Stoker took notes before writing Dracula, and the Romanian name Dracula was taken from it.
Wilkinson was later posted to Syros, in 1829, by the Levant Company. He died in Paris on 23 August 1836.
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Who was William Wilkinson?
British consul in Bucharest and writer
When was William Wilkinson born?
William Wilkinson was born in 1800.
When did William Wilkinson die?
William Wilkinson died on 23 August 1836 in Paris.
What was William Wilkinson's occupation?
William Wilkinson was a diplomat.
What nationality was William Wilkinson?
William Wilkinson was British.
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