T.S. Eliot

T.S. Eliot

US-born British poet (1888–1965)
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Thomas Stearns Eliot OM (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965) was a poet, essayist, publisher, playwright, literary critic and editor. Considered one of the 20th century's major poets, he is a central figure in English-language Modernist poetry.

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T.S. Eliot was born on Wednesday, 26 September 1888 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. His full name at birth was Thomas Stearns Eliot. He was best known as a poet. Eliot's country of citizenship (nationality) was British. He died on Monday, 4 January 1965 in London, England, UK at the age of 76. He is buried at St. Michael and All Angels Churchyard, East Coker, South Somerset District, Somerset, England. T.S. attended high school at Smith Academy, St. Louis, MO. For university, he studied at Sorbonne (one year). His religion is listed as Anglican / Episcopalian. He was 5' 11" (180 cm) tall. His zodiac star sign was Libra.

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Full name at birth
Thomas Stearns Eliot
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The Hollow Men
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Date of birth
26 September 1888
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Place of birth
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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Date of death
4 January 1965
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Age
76 (age at death)
Place of death
London, England, UK
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Cause of death
Emphysema
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Resting place
St. Michael and All Angels Churchyard, East Coker, South Somerset District, Somerset, England
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Poet, dramatist, literary critic, and editor
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5' 11" (180 cm)
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High school
  • Smith Academy, St. Louis, MO
  • High School: Milton Academy, MA
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  • Sorbonne (one year)
  • MA, Harvard University (1906-10)
  • Harvard University (1911-14)
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Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.
  • His second wife was thirty-eight years younger than he. She was his personal secretary for seven years before they married
  • His first wife, a Cambridge governess, was named Vivienne, but she preferred to spell her name Vivien. They separated in 1933. In 1938 she was committed to a mental hospital, where she lived until her death in 1947. Eliot never visited her there.
  • Most famous as the author of two rather difficult poems which have become literary classics, `The Waste Land` (1922) and `The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock` (1917).
  • One of the most famous and celebrated poets of the twentieth century.
  • Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964.

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