Wilde, Jane Francesca Agnes (pseudonym “Speranza”), Lady (F)
Surname: Wilde Forename(s): Jane Francesca Agnes b. 27 December 1821. d. 3 February 1896. Nationality: Irish. VIAF.
Poet, translator, miscellaneous writer, salon hostess in Dublin and London. Pseudonym:
“Speranza.” Mother of Oscar Wilde. Supporter of Irish nationalism, and published nationalist
poems in the Nation. Publications include Ugo Bassi, A Tale of the Italian Revolution (1857), Poems (1864). Biographical information: Orlando. (AC)