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Lord Alfred Douglas
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English poet and journalist (1870–1945)
OverviewAI-generated
Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas was a British poet, writer, novelist, and translator. Born in Worcestershire in 1870, he was educated at Winchester College and Magdalen College. He was the son of John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, and had a sibling named Francis Douglas, Viscount Drumlanrig. Douglas was a male who identified with the Catholic Church and wrote in the English language.
He is known for works such as *Salome, a critique*, *Poems =*, *Salomé*, *Oscar Wilde*, and *Time and tide*. His professional fields included poetry and journalism. Douglas was married to Olive Custance, with whom he had three children. He was also in an unmarried partnership with Oscar Wilde. He died in Lancing in 1945.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1870
- Died
- 1945
- Works
- 37
Top works
- Salome, a critique
- Poems =
- Salomé
- Oscar Wilde
- Time and tide
via Open Library + Wikidata
Authority record · VIAF
- Lifespan
- 1870–1945
- Nationality
- GB, IT
- Role / Field
- Poets, Journalists, Pisarze, Novinari, Basnici, Poetry
- Language
- eng
- Gender
- Male
Recorded by 25 libraries
via VIAF · OCLC
Key facts
- Born
- Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas , ( 1870-10-22 ) 22 October 1870, Powick , Worcestershire, England
- Died
- 20 March 1945 (1945-03-20) (aged 74), Lancing , Sussex, England
- Resting place
- Friary Church of St Francis and St Anthony, Crawley
- Occupation
- Poet
- Nationality
- British
- Education
- Winchester College Wixenford School
- Alma mater
- Magdalen College, Oxford
- Spouse
- Olive Custance ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1902 ; died 1944 )
- Parents
- John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alfred
- Family name
- Douglas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Worcestershire
- Place of death
- Lancing
- Spouse
- Olive Custance
- Occupation
- journalist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Field of work
- journalism
- Image
- Lord Alfred Douglas by George Charles Beresford (1903).jpg
- Number of children
- 3
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- Commons category
- Alfred Douglas
- date of birth
- 1870-10-22
- date of death
- 1945-03-20
- name in native language
- Alfred Bruce Douglas
- writing language
- English language
- unmarried partner
- Oscar Wilde
- sexual orientation
- bisexuality
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas (22 October 1870 – 20 March 1945), also known as Bosie Douglas, was an English poet and journalist, and a lover of Oscar Wilde. At the University of Oxford, he edited an undergraduate journal, The Spirit Lamp, that carried a homoerotic subtext, and met Wilde, starting a close but stormy relationship. Douglas's father, John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, abhorred it and set out to humiliate Wilde, publicly accusing him of homosexuality. Wilde sued him for criminal libel, but Queensberry produced witnesses who attested to the truth of his claim, and Wilde was later imprisoned. On his release, he briefly lived with Douglas, but they had separated by the time Wilde died in 1900. Douglas married the bisexual poet Olive Custance in 1902 and had a son, Raymond.
After converting to Catholicism in 1911, he repudiated homosexuality, and in a Catholic magazine, Plain English, expressed openly antisemitic views. He was jailed for libelling Winston Churchill over claims of World War I misconduct. Douglas wrote several books of verse, some in a homoerotic Uranian genre. The phrase "The love that dare not speak its name" appears in one (Two Loves), published in 1894 which is often misattributed to Wilde.
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