Who was Oscar Wilde, and what is his greatest contribution?

Textbooks at school'd probably tell you this: Oscar Wilde was an Irish/English poet, playwright and a novelist who is renowned for his literary works such as The Happy Prince, The Picture Of Dorian Gray or plays like The Importance Of Being Earnest, Lady Windermere's Fan or An Ideal Husband. read more

Oscar Wilde, in full Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde, (born October 16, 1854, Dublin, Ireland—died November 30, 1900, Paris, France), Irish wit, poet, and dramatist whose reputation rests on his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), and on his comic masterpieces Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895). read more

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was born on October 16, 1854 in Dublin, Ireland. His father, William Wilde, was an acclaimed doctor who was knighted for his work as medical advisor for the Irish censuses. William Wilde later founded St. Mark's Ophthalmic Hospital, entirely at his own personal expense, to treat the city's poor. read more