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Henry Ware Eliot (November 25, 1843 – January 7, 1919) was an American industrialist and philanthropist who lived in St. Louis, Missouri. He was the father of poet T. S. Eliot . Early life and education.
Eliot’s letters to Henry are among his most candid, and by extension, as in this of April 1924, his most desperate: No, what I need you for is to come and view the whole situation – myself, my future, Vivien’s health, and what sort of life is best for both of us.
Henry Ware Eliot Jr. was a writer, archeologist, brother of poet T.S. Eliot, and the collector of the nucleus of the Eliot Collection at Harvard University.
The poet’s father, Henry Ware Eliot (‘Hal’) was the son of the Rev. William Greenleaf Eliot (1811–87) and Abby Adams Cranch (1817–1908). Born on 25 November 1843, he was educated at Washington University, St Louis. In his youth he wrote verse and drew; among Eliot’s most cherished mementos were two of his cat drawings.
8 lug 2020 · Henry Ware Eliot and T. S. Eliot on a boat trip, Gloucester 1895. The house built by Eliot’s father, named ‘The Downs’, was completed in 1896. It is described in America as a ‘cottage’, but is a far cry from the small, low-ceilinged house you might expect to find in England.
Overview. Collection of materials by and about the American-born, British poet T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot. Materials were collected by his immediate family, especially by his brother, Henry Ware Eliot, Jr. Includes: original T. S. Eliot autograph manuscripts, correspondence, and biographical memorabilia; Eliot family papers; approximately 600 ...
Letters of the American writer Henry Ware Eliot, Jr. to his mother and other relatives, and portraits of the American poet T.S. Eliot.
