Thomas Stearns Eliot OM (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965) better known as T. S. Eliot was an essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic, and "one of the twentieth century's major poets." He was born in St. Louis, Missouri to an old Yankee family. He emigrated to England in 1914 (at age 25), settling, working and marrying there. He was eventually naturalised as a British subject in 1927 at age 39, renouncing his American...
Read full biography of T. S. Eliot →
Thomas Stearns Eliot OM (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965) better known as T. S. Eliot was an essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic, and "one of the twentieth century's major poets." He was born in St. Louis, Missouri to an old Yankee family. He emigrated to England in 1914 (at age 25), settling, working and marrying there. He was eventually naturalised as a British subject in 1927 at age 39, renouncing his American...