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Oscar Wilde was born in October 16, 1854, in Dublin, Ireland. -
In 1863, began his studies at the portora Royal School.
In 1871, he enrolled at Trinity College in Dublin. He was awarded the Berkeley Gold Medal.
He competed for a scholarship to Oxford University's Magdalen College and won it. In 1874 he started to study in Oxford. -
In 1878 he won the Newdigate Prize with a Poesy called Ravenna -
In 1879 he met Constance Lloyd .They got married in 1884. After 9 years of relationship their marriage ended due to an affair. -
After he graduated, in 1879 he moved to Chelsea, London. -
Cyril Holland was Born in June 5, 1885 and died in May 9, 1915 -
Vyvyan Holland, the second child was born in November 3rd of 1886, and died in October 10th of 1967 -
Became editor of Woman’s World (1887–89). During this period of apprenticeship as a writer, he published The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888) -
Wrote and published nearly all of his major work. In his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (published in Lippincott’s Magazine, 1890). -
In 1891 while he was married he met a young poet called Alfred Douglas. They started a romantic relationship. -
When Alfred`s father discovered their relationship, he insult him in public and after three trials, one as a complainant to Queensberry (Alfred’s father) for defamation and two as a complaint from Queensberry, Oscar was sent to prison for his sexuality. -
He got out of prison in 1897 and went to live in France because he was ashamed of his sexuality and decided to change his name to Sebastian Melmoth.
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He wrote The Ballad of Reading Gaol in 1898, revealing his concern for inhumane prison conditions -
He died in 1900 from meningitis brought on by an ear infection.