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
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 collection consists of 27 letters, 1934-1935 and 1944-1947, from Henry Ware Eliot Jr. to writers Henry B. Harvey and his wife Dorothy Dudley Harvey, and six miscellaneous items.
Henry Ware Eliot e Charlotte Chauncey Stearns, pais do poeta, casaram-se em 1868. Henry Ware diplomou-se pela Universidade de Washington, mas acabou por dedicar quase toda a sua vida aos interesses industriais da família, tendo chegado inclusive à presidência da Hydraulic Press Brick Company of St. Louis.
Scope and Contents. Includes letters from Henry Ware Eliot to Charlotte Champe (Stearns) Eliot and other members of the Eliot family. There are transcribed poems and other writings by Henry Ware Eliot and letters to Theresa Eliot from various correspondents as well as Theresa Eliot's pastel and watercolor portraits of T.S. Eliot.
Eliot, Thomas Stearns (1888–1965) was an American-born, British-naturalized literary critic, publisher, essayist, playwright, and one of the twentieth century's major poets. Some of the major dates in the life of T.S. Eliot: 1888 September 26 - born in St. Louis, Missouri. 1898-1905 - attended Smith Academy, St. Louis.
Henry Ware Eliot was an American industrialist and philanthropist who lived in St. Louis, Missouri. He was the father of poet T. S. Eliot.
Resources Relationships Places Subjects Occupations Activities T.S. Eliot's older brother. From the description of Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1941. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 175238214 Henry Ware Eliot, Jr., was a writer, archeologist, and brother of American poet T. S. Eliot.