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Oscar Wilde TimeLine

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  • Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde born in Dublin.

    Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde born in Dublin.

  • Oscar began studying classics at Trinity College Dublin

  • Oscar began studies at Magdalen College, Oxford (UK)

  • Oscar won Newdigate Prize for his poem Ravenna ; he takes degree.

  • Oscar settled in London

  • Poems published

  • Oscar began one year lecture tour of North America

  • Duchess of Padua (play) written

  • Oscar married Constance Lloyd and lived in Chelsea (London)

    Oscar married Constance Lloyd and lived in Chelsea (London)

  • Oscar elder son, Cyril, born; writes reviews for Pall Mall Gazette

    Oscar elder son, Cyril, born; writes reviews for Pall Mall Gazette

  • Oscar younger son, Vyvyan, born

    Oscar younger son, Vyvyan, born

  • He became editor of Woman's World; The Canterville Ghost written

  • The Happy Prince and Other Tales

  • The Portrait of Mr. W. H, A House of Pomegranates, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Lord Arthur

  • Lady Windermere's Fan produced; Salomé (written in French) banned

  • A Woman of No Importance produced; The Sphinx written

  • Salomé published

  • An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest produced sued Marquess of Queensbury for libel

  • sued by Marquess of Queensbury; found guilty of "unnatural practices"; sent to Reading Gaol (Berkshire)

  • De Profundis written; released from prison; lived in France, Italy and Switzerland; adopted name of Sebastian Melmoth

  • Ballad of Reading Gaol published; death of his wife, Constance

  • Oscar died in France; buried at Père Lachaise cemetery, Paris

    Oscar died in France; buried at Père Lachaise cemetery, Paris

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