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Oscar Wilde was born Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde in Dublin, Ireland, on October 16, 1854.
His mother, Lady Jane Wilde, was a writer and strong supporter of Irish independence. Sir William, his
father, was a renowned surgeon.
Wilde attended Trinity College in Dublin until 1874. There he enjoyed the fruits of his hard work and
intelligence, receiving many honors. Upon graduation, he entered Magdalen College at the University of
Oxford in England. He studied under Walter Pater, a proponent of aestheticism. Wilde caused quite a stir
with his flamboyant dress and quick rapier wit. He graduated from Oxford in 1878 and moved to London.
In 1881, he collected the poems he previously published in various magazines into a volume titled
Poems. By that time, he had acquired enough fame for Gilbert and Sullivan to satirize him in the comic
opera Patience. In an effort to help pay his family’s debts after his father’s death, he embarked on a lecture
tour of America. During......

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