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Bankruptcy follows the trials, leaving a public unpaid chain of labour and rent

Dated 1 July 1895: Bankruptcy follows the trials, leaving a public unpaid chain of labour and rent. In the causal graph this event weakens the driver Labour-Market Tightness.

Sources: [1][2]

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In 1895 Wilde was made bankrupt.

Context

Medium confidence on labour-driver fit.

Oscar Wilde’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.

Insolvency is a court act after the libel costs and collapsed income. He had chosen the suit. Not a labour statute he wrote.

Why it matters

Bankruptcy is not the Crown’s guilty verdict as his deed.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Oscar Wilde

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.3 · verified

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactBankruptcy follows the trials, leaving a public unpaid chain of labour and rent
    2. weakensDriverLabour-Market Tightness

    impact weight 0.5 · Effect from 1 July 1895 · verified

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Britannica — Oscar WildeEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.The London ArchivesThe London Archives · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Britannica’s 1895 chronology and London Archives’ trial cluster independently include the insolvency sequel.

Established: 1895 bankruptcy. Not established: a unique unemployment series.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorOscar Wilde
  2. contributed toFactBankruptcy follows the trials, leaving a public unpaid chain of labour and rent
  3. weakensDriverLabour-Market Tightness

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Factrail. (2026). Bankruptcy follows the trials, leaving a public unpaid chain of labour and rent. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/wil-bankruptcy-1895

https://factrail.ai/facts/wil-bankruptcy-1895

Accessed 16 October 2026.

By the Factrail desk · Method: how we source and score · Last reviewed

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