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Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1845. ...
His father, Sir William Wilde, was Ireland’s leading ear and eye surgeon, who also published books on archaeology and folklore. Oscar’s mother, Jane Francesca Elgee, first gained attention in 1846 by writing revolutionary poems under the pseudonym “Speranza” for an Irish weekly newspaper called The Nation. Oscar was William and Jane’s second son. ... Oscar was strongly bonded to his sister, and kept a lock of her hair sealed in a decorated envelope until the end of his life.
After attending Portora Royal School, Eniskillen, Wilde went on scholarships to Trinity College, Dublin and Magdalen College, Oxford, which awarded him a degree with honours. ... At college, Oscar tried to be as different from his fellow students as he could. ... After graduation Oscar moved to London with his friend Frank Miles.
In December 1881, Oscar sailed for New York to travel across the United States and deliver a series of lectures on “the aesthetics”. ... Oscar and Constance loved their boys and each other a lot. But one evening, Robert Ross, a young Canadian houseguest, seduced Oscar and forced him to confront the homosexual feelings he had had since his schooldays. ... On the first night Oscar was introduced to a handsome young Oxford undergraduate, Lord Alfred Douglas, nicknamed “Bosie”.
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