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A- TS Eliot
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English
12th Grade
04/12/2012

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When was he born?
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September 26, 1888 in Missouri
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What is his full name?
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Thomas Sterns Eliot
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What job did his father have?
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President of Hydraulic Brick Company
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What job did his mother have?
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Teacher and volunteer at Humanity Club in St. Louis
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How old were his parents when he was born?
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40s
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Where did he go to college? What was the highest level he studied at?
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Doctorate in Philosophy at Harvard
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When did he marry his first wife? Who?
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1915 - Vivienne Naigh-Wood
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When did work at Lloyd's Bank in London?
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1917
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When did he separate with Vivienne? Why?
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1933; cheated on her
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How long did they not see one another?
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1932-1947 (she dies in 1947)
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What happened to Vivienne in 1938?
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She was admitted to Northumberland House (mental institute)
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When did he win a Noble Prize?
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1948
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Who was he next wife? When did they marry?
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Esme Valerie Fletcher; 1957
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How much younger was she?
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37
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When, where, and how did he die?
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1965; london; emphysema
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When did he win two posthumous Tony Awards? For what?
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1983; Cats
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What themes did he employ?
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his writings always included his ideas on modern poetry
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What style did he write in? Why?
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he wrote off balanced and confused so we could understand the time period he was writing about
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