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Born: September 26, 1888Born: September 26, 1888Died: January 4, 1965Died: January 4, 1965
Schooling:•Attended Smith Academy prep. School•Attended Milton Academy (Secondary school)•Studied Latin, Greek, French, and German•Went to Harvard University•Studied philosophy
Named after his grandfatherFather: Henry Ware Eliot was a
business man and President of the Hydraulic Press Brick Company
Mother: Charlotte Champe Stearnes was a poet and a social worker
T.S. was the baby of his familyHe had 4 sisters and a brother who
was 8 years older than him
Won a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948
The T.S. Eliot award is given in honor of him
Also the T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry
The Sacred Wood (1920)The Waste Land (1922)Homage to John Dryden (1924)Sweeney Agonistes (1926)Ash Wednesday (1930)The Family Reunion (1939)Little Gidding (1942)The Cocktail Party (1949)
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