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Thomas Was Born!
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Thomas when to Smith Academy in St. Louis
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Was admitted there.
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liot when to Paris on a Merton College, Oxford
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His first of poetry was made ..
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Eliot tried to join the U.S Navy. But he couldnt get in because of health issues he had.
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His dad died the same year he tried to join the Navy
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1927
British Subject
Eliot becomes a British subject and a member of the Anglican Church at age 39. He first moved to the United Kingdom, though, in 1914 at the age of 25. -
"Ash Wednesday," a poem about Eliot's religious awakening, is published.
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1933
Separation from Vivienne
Eliot returns to England and officially separates from Vivienne. -
Murder in the Cathedral
Eliots play Murder in the Cathedral -
Night Watchman
The poem "East Coker" is published -
"The Dry Salvages," a poem written during the London air-raid drills, is published.
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"Little Gidding," the fourth poem of the Four Quartets, is published.
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Moves in with John Davy Hayward
Eliot moves into an apartment with a friend, editor and critic John Davy Hayward. -
The publication of Four Quartets led to his recognition as the greatest living English poet and man of letters.
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Jan 10, 1957
Marries Valerie Fletcher
Eliot marries his secretary, Esmé Valerie Fletcher (who then went by "Valerie Eliot"), a woman 37 years his junior. -
Died;(
