Academic Patronage
Wilde joined the Lit & Phil Society in 1859 and was president 1894-1896. He made many gifts and endowments to further the cause of science including;
- The Wilde Memorial Lecture of the Lit & Phil Society
- Acedémie des Sciences (Paris) annual prize
- A large gift to the Institute of Electrical Engineers, Benelovant Fund
- A Readership at Oxford University
- A Scholarship at Oxford University
- A Lectureship at Oxford University
- Donated two dynamos to the Clarendon Laboratory in 1888.
The remainder of his fortune was left to Oxford University in his will.
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