Biography of T. S. Eliot: T. S. Eliot (Thomas Stearns Eliot) (1888-1965): Modernist Poet, Playwright, and Critic Early Life and Education: T. S. Eliot was born on September 26, 1888, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. He later moved to England, where he studied at Harvard University, the Sorbonne in Paris, and Merton College, Oxford. […]