In addition he studied otological medicine in the British Isles with Joseph Toynbee (1815–1866) and William Wilde (1815–1876).
Castlerea was also the birthplace in 1815 of Sir William Wilde, a noted surgeon and historian and father of the celebrated dramatist and wit, Oscar Wilde.
William Wilde's Australian Poets and their Works: A reader's guide, Oxford, 1996, pages 140 - 141.
William Shakespeare | William Laud | Oscar Wilde | William Blake | William | William III of England | William Morris | William McKinley | William Howard Taft | William Ewart Gladstone | William the Conqueror | William S. Burroughs | William Shatner | William Faulkner | William Randolph Hearst | William Wordsworth | William Tecumseh Sherman | William Hogarth | Prince William, Duke of Cambridge | William Penn | William Jennings Bryan | William Gibson | William Wilberforce | William James | William Makepeace Thackeray | Fort William | William Hanna | William Hague | William III | William Hurt |
It was also the home of Sir William Wilde, historian and father to prominent playwright, novelist, poet, and short story writer Oscar Wilde.