Eliot, Thomas Stearns, 1888 - 1965 (poet)
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:
E.M. Forster and T.S. Eliot, 1920 - 1929
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)