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T.S. Eliot converted to which religion in 1927?

ACatholicism

BAnglicanism

CJudaism

DBuddhism

Answer:

B. Anglicanism

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T S ELIOT

  • Thomas Stearns Eliot was born on September 26, 1888, in St. Louis, Missouri, USA .

  • He was a well known Poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic, editor

  • His nationality was American by birth, British citizen from 1927

  • T.S. Eliot was born into a prominent family with deep ties to both business and Unitarianism. His father, Henry Ware Eliot, was a successful businessman, and his mother, Charlotte Stearns Eliot, was a teacher and poet.

  • Eliot was educated at Smith Academy in St. Louis and then attended Harvard University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy in 1909. He later pursued a master's degree and began a doctoral thesis on F.H. Bradley, though he did not complete it. He also studied in Paris at the Sorbonne and at the University of Oxford.

  • In 1915, Eliot married Vivienne Haigh-Wood, a relationship that proved tumultuous and contributed to his personal and artistic struggles. They separated in 1933.

  • In 1927, Eliot became a British citizen and converted to Anglicanism, which deeply influenced his later works.

  • In 1957, he married Valerie Fletcher, his secretary at Faber & Faber, where Eliot served as an editor. This marriage brought him stability and happiness in his later years.

  • Eliot died on January 4, 1965, in London. His ashes were interred at St. Michael’s Church in East Coker, the village from which his ancestors emigrated to America.

  • T.S. Eliot's works continue to be studied and revered for their profound exploration of modern life, spirituality, and the human condition. His contributions to poetry, drama, and criticism have left an indelible mark on literature.


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