nd plays show his love of nature and rural life that reflects his childhood (easylit.com).
             Oscar Wilde's father was a man of many accomplishments. By age twenty-eight, William Wilde had graduated as a doctor, completed a several overseas voyages, studied at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, written two books, and been appointed medical advisor to the Irish Census of 1841. William was Assistant Commissioner for three succeeding Censuses and was knighted for his work on them at age forty-nine. Specializing in ear and eye diseases, he opened a Dublin practice and founded St. Mark's Ophthalmic Hospital entirely at his expense. Before his marriage to Oscar's mother, William fathered three other children, and provided financially for all of them. Oscar's mother, Jane Francesca Elgee, first gained attention in 1846 by writing revolutionary poems under the pseudonym 'Speranza' for an Irish weekly newspaper called The Nation. A gifted linguist with a working knowledge of the major European languages, Jane also translated horror novels, which Oscar would later read and draw upon for the darker elements of his own work. Oscar's first brother, Kingsbury, was born on September 26,
             1852. Wilde was christened Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Willson on October 16, 1854 . Wilde's only sister, Isola Emily Francesca, was delivered on April 2, 1857 but died ten years later from a sudden fever. Wilde was deeply affected and kept a lock of her hair sealed in an envelope until the end of his life (Jonno.com). Along with his brother, Wilde attended the Protora Royal School at Enniskillen where he excelled at classics taking top prize his last two years and second prize in drawing. In 1871, Wilde was awarded a Royal School Scholarship to Trinity College in Dublin. Again, he did particularly well in Classics, earning first in his examinations in 1872 and earning the highest honor the college could bestow on an undergraduate - a Foundation Schola...