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Eliot, Thomas Stearns, 1888 - 1965 (poet)

 Person

Dates and places

1888-1965

Legal status / Nationality

American (1888-1927), British (1927-65)

Sphere of activity

Poet, critic and dramatist

Relationships

Youngest chjld of Henry Eliot. Twice married: to Vivienne Haigh-Wood (1915) and Valerie Fletcher (1957).

Other information

Publications include: 'The Waste Land' (1923) and 'Murder in the Cathedral' (1935). Published 'The Criterion' (1922-39).

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

 Item

E.M. Forster and T.S. Eliot, 1920 - 1929

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0272/EMF/27/349
Scope and Contents

Photograph of E.M. Forster and T.S. Eliot seated in armchairs with empty chairs to the left and right, and a picture on the far wall. T.S. Eliot is wearing long woollen socks turned up over knee-length trousers and has a fluffy white cat on his lap. Possibly taken at Monk's House. Print, 10.8 x 8.2. Inscribed on back, by E.M. Forster, 'Self and T.S. Eliot / at the Woolfs - the picture / they gave me behind / date?'. (Sleeve 137)

Dates: 1920 - 1929