account of his visit as an invited guest to the Purgstall estates in 1834, may have served as an inspiration for the eponymous vampire protagonist of Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla. See also Baphomet References Sources External links 1774 births 1856 deaths Writers from Graz Barons of Austria Austrian explorers Austrian orientalists Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class) Travelers in Asia Minor