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Apr 30, 2024 · In 1884 Wilde married Constance Lloyd, daughter of a prominent Irish barrister; two children, Cyril and Vyvyan, were born, in 1885 and 1886. Meanwhile, Wilde was a reviewer for the Pall Mall Gazette and then became editor of Woman’s World (1887–89).
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On 12 November 1851, Wilde married the poet Jane Francesca Agnes Elgee, who wrote and published under the name of Speranza. The couple had two sons: William and Oscar, and a daughter, Isola Francesca, who died in childhood.
Aug 16, 2023 · On May 29, 1884, Wilde married a wealthy Englishwoman named Constance Lloyd. They had two sons: Cyril, born in 1885, and Vyvyan, born in 1886.
Feb 11, 2019 · Portrait by Thomas Herbert Maguire, 1847. It is well worth dwelling on the life and career of Oscar Wilde’s father, Sir William Robert Wilde (1815–1876). William Wilde was a man of serious purpose who wore many hats.
Oscar Wilde was born at 21 Westland Row, Dublin (now home of the Oscar Wilde Centre, Trinity College), the second of three children born to an Anglo-Irish couple: Jane, née Elgee, and Sir William Wilde.
On May 29, 1884, Oscar married Constance Lloyd (died 1898), daughter of wealthy Queen's Counsel Horace Lloyd. They had two sons, Cyril (1885) and Vyvyan (1886). To support his family, Oscar accepted a job as the editor of Woman's World magazine, where he worked from 1887-1889.
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May 18, 2018 · An Ideal Husband (1895) The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) The Happy Prince, and Other Tales (1888) Overview. There is a temptation to treat British author Oscar Wilde 's work lightly in large part due to his flamboyant and notorious lifestyle, which is often better known than his writings.