Typed letter signed T.S. Eliot to: Ruthven Todd January 11, 1946.
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Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965
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Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965), a poet, critic, editor, and playwright, was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He received a B. A. in 1909 and an M. A. in 1910 from Harvard, where he also pursued a doctoral degree in philosophy. In 1915, he married Vivienne (Vivien) Haigh-Wood. He completed his dissertation in 1916 while living in England and submitted it to Harvard, but was unable to defend it. He was literary editor of the avant-garde magazine The Egoist. In the Spring 1917, he publishe...
Todd, Ruthven, 1914-1978
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Ruthven Todd was born in Edinburgh, and educated at Fettes College and the Edinburgh School of Art. After graduating he held a few odd jobs, while concentrating on painting, and was associated with the Surrealist movement.. He later worked as a copywriter and journalist, and made a name for himself as a poet, novelist, and short-story writer. He was part of the Civil Defense during World War II, and moved to the United States after the war, where he worked at several colleges and opened a printi...
