Question

What was Oscar Wilde’s full name?

• A. Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde
• B. Oscar Ferdinand William Wilde
• C. Oscar Flanagan Wilde
• D. Oscar Fitzgerald Wilde

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde

• Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) was an Irish writer, poet, and playwright, best known for his wit, flamboyant personality, and social criticism.

• Full Name: Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde

• Birth: 16 October 1854, Dublin, Ireland

• Studied Classical Studies at Trinity College, Dublin

• Won a scholarship to Oxford University

• Influenced by Walter Pater (founder of Aestheticism) and John Ruskin (art critic)

• He began writing in various forms during the 1880s