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Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas (22 October 1870 – 20 March 1945), also known as Bosie Douglas, was an English poet and journalist, and a lover of Oscar Wilde.At Oxford University he edited an undergraduate journal, The Spirit Lamp, that carried a homoerotic subtext, and met Wilde, starting a close but stormy relationship.
The Wilde family home on Merrion Square. Oscar Wilde was born [5] 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. Oscar was two years younger than his brother, William (Willie) Wilde.
Robbie Ross Robert Ross at twenty-four Born Robert Baldwin Ross (1869-05-25) 25 May 1869 Tours, France Died 5 October 1918 (1918-10-05) (aged 49) London, England Nationality Canadian-British Other names Robbie Ross Occupation Journalist Known for Executor of the estate of Oscar Wilde Robert Baldwin Ross (25 May 1869 – 5 October 1918) was a British journalist, art critic and art dealer, best ...
Famously known for writing "The Picture of Dorian Gray," Oscar Wilde has more to his story. Learn about his fascinating tale at Gramercy Books on Sept. 30.
Oscar Wilde died in 1900; neither of his sons saw him again after he went to prison. When he was released, he went to France and never lived in the UK again. From 1899 to 1903 Cyril attended Radley College, a private school then in Berkshire. [3] After ending school, he became a gentleman cadet at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
Reginald Turner by Carl Van Vechten (1935). Reginald Turner (2 June 1869 [1] – 7 December 1938) was an English author, an aesthete and a member of the circle of Oscar Wilde.He worked as a journalist, wrote twelve novels, and his correspondence has been published, but he is best known as one of the few friends who remained loyal to Wilde when he was imprisoned and who supported him after his ...
Frank Miles was therefore brother of Charles Oswald Miles, cousin of Philip Napier Miles and half-cousin of Sir Philip Miles, 2nd Baronet. Today, Frank Miles is best known as a friend of Oscar Wilde whom he met at Oxford in 1874 or 1875, where Miles had family connections to the colleges and friends. He was never an undergraduate after being ...
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