Lord Alfred Douglas
/ˌlɔːd ˌælfrɪd ˈdʌɡləs/
/ˌlɔːrd ˌælfrɪd ˈdʌɡləs/
- (1870-1945) the young English aristocrat who was Oscar Wilde's lover when Wilde was arrested and sent to prison for homosexuality , which was illegal at that time. The long letter that Wilde wrote in prison, published later as De Profundis (1897), was addressed to Douglas.
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Lord Alfred Douglas