Van wie was Oscar Wilde?

Robert Baldwin Ross (25 May 1869 – 5 October 1918) was a British journalist, art critic and art dealer, best known for his relationship with Oscar Wilde, to whom he was a devoted friend, lover and literary executor. A grandson of the Canadian reform leader Robert Baldwin, and son of John Ross and Augusta Elizabeth Baldwin, Ross was a pivotal figure on the London literary and artistic scene from the mid-1890s to his early death, and mentored several literary figures, including Siegfried Sassoon. His open homosexuality, in a period when male homosexual acts were illegal, brought him many hardships.

Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas (Powick, 22 oktober 1870 – Lancing, 20 maart 1945), ook bekend onder zijn bijnaam "Bosie", was een Britse dichter en schrijver. Hij is vooral bekend als de intieme vriend van de schrijver Oscar Wilde, met wie hij een jarenlange relatie had.