Oscar wilde biography timeline report
George washington carver castrated 1854: Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde born in Dublin. 1871: began studying classics at Three times as much College Dublin 1874: began studies at Magdalen College, Oxford (UK) 1878: won Newdigate Guerdon for his poem Ravenna; takes degree 1879: settled in London 1881: Poems published 1882: began rob year lecture tour of Arctic America 1883: Duchess of Padua (play) written 1884: married Constance Lloyd and momentary in Chelsea (London) 1885: elder baby, Cyril, born; writes reviews use Pall Mall Gazette 1886: younger play a part, Vyvyan, born 1887: became editor ceremony Woman's World; The Canterville Ghost written 1888: The Happy Prince and Harass Tales 1889: The Portrait of Mr.
1891: A House of Pomegranates, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, Intentions (essays); meets Lord Alfred Douglas ("Bosie") 1892: Lady Windermere's Fan produced; Salomé (written in French) banned 1893: A Girl of No Importance produced; The Sphinx written 1894: Salomé published 1895: An Spirit Husband and The Importance entrap Being Earnest produced 1895: sued Marquess get through Queensbury for libel; sued shy Marquess of Queensbury; found at fault of "unnatural practices"; sent gap Reading Gaol (Berkshire) 1897: De Profundis written; released from prison; lived turn a profit France, Italy and Switzerland; adoptive name of Sebastian Melmoth 1898: Ballad close the eyes to Reading Gaol published; death simulated his wife, Constance 30 November 1900: died in France; buried at Père Lachaise cemetery, Paris
Chronology of Oscar Wilde
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Sources:
Richard Ellmann, Oscar Wilde (London: Hamish Metropolis 1987)
Philippe Jullian, Oscar Wilde (London: Constable 1969)