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Sir William Robert Wills Wilde FRCSI (March 1815 – 19 April 1876) was an Irish oto-ophthalmologic surgeon and the author of significant works on medicine, archaeology and folklore, particularly concerning his native Ireland. He was the father of Oscar Wilde.
Wilde, Sir William Robert Wills (1815–76), surgeon and polymath, was born in March 1815 at Kilkeevin, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon, youngest of three sons of Thomas Wilde, a local physician, and Emily Wilde (née Fynne).
Oct 21, 2021 · Abstract. William Wilde, father of Oscar Wilde, made a significant contribution to ophthalmology and otology. Qualified as a surgeon. educated in statistics and showing sympathy for the Irish population, Wilde was appointed a Commissioner for the 1851 Census, which covered the time of the Irish Famine (1845–1852).
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- 2021
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Feb 11, 2019 · Notorious libel suits would play an ironic role in the lives of Sir William Wilde and Lady Wilde, as well as their son, Oscar. In July 1854, a nineteen-year-old woman named Mary Treavers and her mother visited William Wilde’s surgery with problems related to her hearing.
The biographical entry for Sir William Robert Wills Wilde, doctor and antiquaian, husband of Speranza and father of Oscar, from 'A Compendium of Irish Biography', by Alfred Webb, 1878.
Apr 30, 2024 · His father, Sir William Wilde, was Ireland’s leading ear and eye surgeon, who also published books on archaeology, folklore, and the satirist Jonathan Swift. His mother, who wrote under the name Speranza, was a revolutionary poet and an authority on Celtic myth and folklore.
Oct 4, 2021 · His father, Sir William Wilde, was a surgeon, a polymath, and a philanthropist whose terrific energy masked private bouts of depression. His mother, Lady Jane Wilde, was an Irish-nationalist...
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