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| 1. | Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909. |
| 2. | George (Mary Ann Evans ), 1819–80, English novelist. |
| 3. | John (“the Apostle of the Indians” ), 1604–90, American colonial missionary. |
| 4. | Sir John, 1592–1632, English statesman. |
| 5. | T(homas) S(tearns)
Audio Help [sturnz] Pronunciation Key, 1888–1965, British poet and critic, born in the U.S.: Nobel prize 1948. |
| 6. | a male given name, form of Elias. |
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T. S. Eliot
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| Eliot, T (homas)
American-born British critic and writer whose poems "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" (1915) and The Waste Land (1922) established him as a major literary figure. He also wrote dramas, such as Murder in the Cathedral (1935), and works of criticism. He won the 1948 Nobel Prize for literature. |
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| t. s. eliot | |
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| British poet (born in the United States) who won the Nobel prize for literature; his plays are outstanding examples of modern verse drama (1888-1965) [syn: Eliot] |
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