Professor T S Eliot

Thomas Stearne Eliot (1988-1965) was born in St. Louis. Missouri, U.S. A descendant of the old New England family, he graduated in Philosophy at the Sorbonne, Harvard and Merton College, Oxford. He settled in England where he taught at a junior school for boys near London, and then worked for Lloyd's Bank as a clerk, before he took up the assignment of editor for Faber & Faber. Later he became a director of this publishing firm.While teaching, Eliot completed his dissertation "Knowledge and...See more

Thomas Stearne Eliot (1988-1965) was born in St. Louis. Missouri, U.S. A descendant of the old New England family, he graduated in Philosophy at the Sorbonne, Harvard and Merton College, Oxford. He settled in England where he taught at a junior school for boys near London, and then worked for Lloyd's Bank as a clerk, before he took up the assignment of editor for Faber & Faber. Later he became a director of this publishing firm.While teaching, Eliot completed his dissertation "Knowledge and Experience in the Philosophy of F.H. Bradley." But he did not return to the U.S. to defend it, though the dissertation was accepted.In 1927, Eliot became a British citizen and entered the Anglican Church in the same year.A poet, playwright, literary critic, editor and publisher he is arguably one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. His notable works includePoetry: 'Prufrock and Other Observations' (1915), 'The Waste Land'(1922), 'The Hollowmen' (1925), 'Ash Wednesday' (1930), 'Four Quartets' (1943), Plays: 'Murder in the Cathedral' (1935), 'Family Reunion' (1939), 'The Cocktail Party' (1949), 'The Elder Statesman' (1959), Essays: 'The Use of Poetry and the Use of Criticism' (1933), 'After Strange Gods' (1934), 'Notes Towards the Definition of Culture' (1948), 'The Frontiers of Criticism' (1956), 'To Criticize the Critic' (1965).Eliot was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature (1948) "for his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry." See less