Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

• Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin in 1854.
• His mother, Lady Jane Francesca Wilde (1820-96), was a successful writer.
• His father, Sir William Wilde, was Ireland’s leading ear and eye surgeon.
• Oscar had one elder brother, Willie.
• Oscar was educated at home up to the age of nine.
• From 1864 to 1871, he attended Portora Royal School in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh.
• From 1871 to 1874, he studied the classics at Trinity College, Dublin.
• From 1874 to 1878, he studied at Magdalen Colege in Oxford.
• After his graduation, Wilde lectured in London, the United States and Canada. He also lived in Paris for a while.
• On 29 May, 1885 Wilde married Constance Lloyd. They had two sons, Cyril and Vyvyan.
• In May 1895 Wilde was imprisoned for homosexuality.
• After his release in 1897, Wilde moved to France and lived under the name Sebastian Melmoth.
• He died of cerebral meningitis in Paris on 30 November, 1900.
• He was buried in the Cimetière de Bagneux outside Paris and later moved to Le Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.

Some of Oscar Wilde’s Works

1887 – The Canterville Ghost

1888 – The Happy Prince and Other Tales

1890 – The Picture of Dorian Gray (his only novel)

1892 – Lady Wintermere’s Fan (play)

1893 – A Woman of No Importance (play)

1895 – An Ideal Husband (play)

1895 – The Importance of Being Earnest (play)