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On this day, October 16, in 1854, Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin, Ireland. He was not known so much for being a writer (although he was very talented: think The Picture of Dorian Grey – his only novel – or the wildly popular play, The Importance of Being Earnest) as a sparkling social personality, known for his “biting wit, flamboyant dress and glittering conversation.” In 1895, a feud erupted between Wilde and the father of his male paramour, landing Wilde in jail for two years, which broke his health, his wealth, and weighed heavily on his spirit. The dashing, glamorous aesthetic died penniless of cerebral meningitis in 1900; he was barely 46.

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