Editing William Wilde (section)

==Recognition==
He ran his own hospital, St Mark's Ophthalmic Hospital for Diseases of the Eye and Ear, in [[Dublin]] and was appointed to serve as Oculist-in-ordinary to [[Queen Victoria]]. At one point, Wilde performed surgery on the father of another famous Irish dramatist, [[George Bernard Shaw]].

Wilde had a very successful medical practice and was assisted in it by his natural son, Henry Wilson, who had been trained in Dublin, [[Vienna]], [[Heidelberg]], Berlin, and Paris. Wilson's presence enabled Wilde to travel and he visited [[Scandinavia]], where he received an honorary degree from [[Uppsala University|Uppsala]], and was welcomed in [[Stockholm]] by [[Anders Retzius]], among others. [[Charles XV of Sweden|King Karl XV of Sweden]] conferred on him the Nordstjärneorden ([[Order of the Polar Star|Order of the North Star]]). In 1853, he was appointed Surgeon Occulist in Ordinary to the Queen in Ireland, the first position of its kind, probably created for him.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Vm4aAQAAIAAJ&dq=Dublin%20University%20Magazine%2085&pg=PA581 The Dublin University Magazine, Volume 85 (1875)]</ref>

He was awarded a [[knighthood]] in a ceremony at [[Dublin Castle]] on 28 January 1864<ref>''The Irish Times'', 29 January 1864.</ref> more for his involvement with the Irish census than for his medical contributions, although he had been appointed medical commissioner to the Irish census in 1841. In 1845, he became editor of the ''[[Irish Journal of Medical Science|Dublin Journal of Medical Science]]'', to which he contributed many articles.

[[File:20160802 William Wilde RVEEH.jpg|thumb|A marble bust of William Wilde on the main staircase of the [[Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital]], Dublin, Ireland]]

There is a plaque at 2 Merrion Square, Dublin dedicated to Wilde.<ref>{{cite web |title=William Wilde, brown plaque |url=https://openplaques.org/plaques/4498 |website=openplaques.org}}</ref>