Oscar Wilde Wilde's grandson, thought this to be a misconception, noting that Wilde's meningitis followed a surgical intervention, perhaps a mastoidectomy; Wilde's physicians, Dr Paul Cleiss and A'Court Tucker, reported that the condition stemmed from an old suppuration of the right ear (from the prison injury, see above) treated for several years ("une ancienne suppuration de l'oreille droite d'ailleurs en traitement depuis plusieurs années") and made no allusion to syphilis. Wilde was initially buried in the Cimetière de Bagneux outside Paris; in 1909 his remains were disinterred and transferred to Père Lachaise Cemetery, inside the city. His tomb there was designed by
Fran Wilde (author) Fran Wilde (author) Fran Wilde is an American science fiction and fantasy writer and blogger. Her debut novel, "Updraft", was nominated for the 2016 Nebula Award, and won the 2016 Andre Norton Award and the 2016 Compton Crook Award. Her short fiction has appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction, Nature, and elsewhere. Her fiction explores themes of social class, disruptive technology, and empowerment against a backdrop of engineering and artisan culture. Wilde was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1972. She attended the University of Virginia, earning a BA in English with honors in 1994. She then went on to earn a