T.S. Eliot

T.S.Eliot's Life

Period: Sep 26, 1888 to Jan 4, 1965

Starts going to Washington University "Smith School"

Jul 12, 1898

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After graduation, goes to Sorbonne

Jul 12, 1910

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Earned Master Degree from Harvard

Jul 12, 1910

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Goes back to Harvard for doctoral in Philosophy

Jul 12, 1911

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Moves to England

Jul 12, 1914

"T.S. Eliot." Poets.org. Academy of American Poets, n.d. Web. 12 July 2013. Goes to Merton College, Oxford University on scholarship
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World War I Begins

Jul 28, 1914

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Marries Vivienne Haigh-Wood

Jul 12, 1915

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Begins Working at Lloyd's Bank

Jul 12, 1917

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Publishing of "The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock"

Jul 12, 1917

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League of Nations put into place

Jan 10, 1920

• Britain and United States create this in order to form a peace agreement. "History Topics." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 12 July 2013.

"The Waste Land" Published

Jul 12, 1922

This poem was about his views on society and his first wife.
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"The Great Gatsby" Published

Apr 10, 1925

This also discusses the people of the 1920's and shows that American society, as well as other parts of society lived carelessly and with not much social structure.
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Editor of Faber and Faber

Jul 12, 1925

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"The Hollow Men" Published

Jul 12, 1925

This populat piece was directed towards the Europe after the war and the religious connotations.
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Becomes citizen of England

Jul 12, 1927

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Enters the Anglican Church

Jul 12, 1927

"T.S. Eliot - Biographical." T.S. Eliot - Biographical. Nobel Prize, n.d. Web. 12 July 2013.

The Prayer Book Controversy

Jul 12, 1927

"National Religion and the Prayer Book Controversy, 1927-1928John Maiden." Boydell & Brewer. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 July 2013.
- During 1927 and 1928 there was huge debates and votes on the national religion of England but also discusses the theological-governmental side of England. The Protestant and liberal Anglican denominations worked to make the state decide on the national religion.

30's and 40's Converts to Christianity

Jul 12, 1930

-Occurs while he is lecturing in the United States
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"Ash Wednesday" published

Jul 12, 1930

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Took the Charles Eliot Norton professorship with Harvard

Jul 12, 1932

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T.S.Eliot and Vivienne Seperate

Jul 12, 1933

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Prohibition ends in US

Dec 5, 1933

"America's Best History - U.S. History Timeline 1930-1939." America's Best History - U.S. History Timeline 1930-1939. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 July 2013.
-21st Amendment passed

World War II Begins

Sep 1, 1939

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Vivienne Passes Away

Jul 12, 1947

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Truman Signs Marshall Plan

Apr 3, 1948

This was to try and unite with Western Europe. This was important especially after WWII and to be against communisim.
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Nobel Prize of Literature Winner

Dec 10, 1948

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Marries Valerie Fletcher

Jan 10, 1957

-His assitant
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