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American-born British poet (1888–1965)

For other people named Thomas Eliot, see Thomas Eliot (disambiguation).

Thomas Stearns EliotOM (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965) was a poet, essayist and playwright.^[1] He was a leading figure in English-language Modernist poetry where he reinvigorated the art through his use of language, writing style, and verse structure.

He is also noted for his critical essays, which often re-evaluated long-held cultural beliefs.^[2]

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, to a prominent Boston Brahmin family, he moved to England in 1914 at the age of 25 and went on to settle, work, and marry there.^[3] He became a British subject in 1927 at the age of 39 and renounced his American citizenship.^[4]

Eliot first attracted widespread attention for his poem "The Love Song of J.

Alfred Prufrock" from 1914 to 1915, which, at the time of its publication, was considered outlandish.^[5] It w