What is Jonathan Harker's profession in the novel 'Dracula'?

Jonathan Harker’s profession in Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula is solicitor.

Harker is a recently qualified English solicitor from Exeter, employed by the firm of Mr. Hawkins. His legal work sends him to Transylvania to help Count Dracula purchase property near London. Harker’s professional role explains why Dracula relies on him to handle the complicated paperwork surrounding the move.

During his visit to Castle Dracula, Harker gradually realizes that the Count is holding him prisoner. After escaping and recovering in a Budapest hospital, he returns to England and joins Mina, Van Helsing, Dr. Seward, Arthur Holmwood, and Quincey Morris in the hunt for Dracula.

“Lawyer” is a reasonable modern description of a solicitor, but “solicitor” is the exact occupation given in the novel and is therefore the best quiz answer. Harker is not a journalist or doctor; his clerical and legal skills later help the group trace Dracula’s property purchases and London hiding places.