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Oscar wilde
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Oscar Wilde Oscar O'flahertie wills Wilde was born into an Anglo Irish family on the 6th of October 1854 in Dublin. He lived at 21 Westland Row with his father Sir William Wilde and his mother Jane Francesca Elgee who was married to William Wilde. Jane Wilde was a successful writer she was also known as 'Speranza' and was an Irish nationalist. Sir William Wilde was Irelands leading ear and eye surgeon, he also wrote books on archaeology and folklore. In June 1855, when Oscar was one years of age the family moved to number one Merrion Square. This was a fashionable place to live, Jane Wilde would hold afternoon salon tea parties, and she would often invite Sheridan Le Fanu, an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels, Samuel Lever, son of Jacob lever, Isaac Butt, the founder and first leader of a number of parties and organizations, including...
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