Oscar wilde biography timeline book

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Born in Dublin.

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Son of Sir William Wilde, founder of the first eye and ear hospital in Great Britain, and Jane Francesca Elgee Wilde, a writer.

Enters the Portora Royal School at Enniskillen.

Enters Trinity College, Dublin.

Attends Magdalen College, Oxford.

It is a time of conflict for him, conflict between the philosophies of Ruskin and Pater, between Roman Catholicism and Freemasonry, and between heterosexuality and homosexuality. He distinguishes himself for scholarship; also for dressing and acting eccentricly.

Wins Newdigate Prize for his poem Ravenna.

Publishes his first volume of verse, Poems.

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His manners and attire are satirized in Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera Patience.

A lecture tour of the United States is a great personal success.

Wilde's first play, Vera; Or the Nihilists was first produced in New York.

Gives a successful lecture tour of the United Kingdom.

Writes his second unsuccessful play, The Duchess of Pad