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Lord Alfred Douglas

1870 - 1945

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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 Oxford University 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 Quensberry produced witnesses who attested to the truth of his claim, and Wilde was later imprisoned. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lord Alfred Douglas is the 1,569th most popular writer (down from 1,487th in 2019), the 1,418th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,147th in 2019) and the 151st most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Lord Alfred Douglas ranks 1,569 out of 7,302. Before him are Lina Heydrich, Al-Khansa, Ödön von Horváth, Jean de Meun, Gottfried August Bürger, and Hermann Bahr. After him are Namdev, Solomon Northup, Usama ibn Munqidh, Martin Opitz, Stig Dagerman, and Remy de Gourmont.

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Among people born in 1870, Lord Alfred Douglas ranks 48. Before him are Jan Smuts, Bernard Baruch, Alexander Berkman, Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria, Gustav Landauer, and Marianne Weber. After him are Jaime, Duke of Madrid, Michael Rostovtzeff, Charles Bennett, Princess Henriette of Belgium, Leopold Godowsky, and Aleksandr Kuprin. Among people deceased in 1945, Lord Alfred Douglas ranks 114. Before him are Anton Dostler, Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Richard Glücks, Takeichi Nishi, Walter Krüger, and Takijirō Ōnishi. After him are Constanze Manziarly, Franz Hössler, Robert Brasillach, Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, Robert Desnos, and August Hirt.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Lord Alfred Douglas ranks 1,418 out of 8,785. Before him are Angus Deaton (1945), Alexander I of Scotland (1078), Zayn Malik (1993), Alan Moore (1953), Julia Ormond (1965), and John McLaughlin (1942). After him are Michael Smith (1932), Duncan Edwards (1936), Catherine Ashton (1956), James Lind (1716), William Henry Perkin (1838), and William Booth (1829).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Lord Alfred Douglas ranks 151. Before him are Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689), Kate Atkinson (1951), Seamus Heaney (1939), Samuel Pepys (1633), Richard Lovelace (1617), and John Brunner (1934). After him are Neil Gaiman (1960), Thomas Chatterton (1752), Joseph Needham (1900), Caroline Graham (1931), Mary Berry (1935), and John Mandeville (1300).

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