Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin in 1854 to Lady Jane Wilde and Sir William Wilde. He attended Trinity College in Dublin and Magdalen College at Oxford, where he excelled in classical literature. Wilde married Constance Lloyd in 1884 and they had two sons, but his affair with Lord Alfred Douglas led to his imprisonment for homosexuality from 1895-1897. After being released, he moved to France where he died in 1900 at the age of 46 from an ear infection.

1. LIFE OF OSCAR WILDE

2. He wasborn in DublinonOctober 16, 1854.

3. THE FAMILY Hismother, Lady Jane Wilde, wasborn in Dublin. Shewas a famouspoet. Hisfather, Sir Willian Wilde, of Dutch origin, was a prominent doctor, eye and earspecialist.

5. 1871. He beganhisstudiesat Trinity Collegein Dublin

6. 1874. He isawardeda scholarshipat college.

7. 1875. He leavestheUniversity of Dublín togototheMagdalenCollege (Oxford)

8. 1876. He won thefirst place in classicalliterature.

10. LORD DOUGLAS Hisaffairwiththeyoung Lord tookhimtoprison.

11. JAIL He isfreedfromprisonin Reading after a twoyears of hardlaboursentenceforhomosexuality, on19 May 1897. Then he moved tolive in France.

12. DEATH In 1900 he died at theage of forty-sixfrom a braindiseasecausedbyanearinfection. Histomb in a cemetery of Paris isvisitedbylots of lovers.

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