Henry Ware Eliot
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Henry Ware Eliot | |
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 Portrait of Henry Ware Eliot by Abbott Handerson Thayer | |
| Born | 25 November 1843 |
| Died | 7 January 1919 (aged 75) |
| Occupations | industrialist, philanthropist |
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| Relatives | Eliot family |
Henry Ware Eliot (November 25, 1843 – January 7, 1919) was an American industrialist and philanthropist who lived in St. Louis, Missouri. He was the father of poet T. S. Eliot.
He was the son of Abigail Adams (Cranch) and William Greenleaf Eliot, a prominent St. Louis Unitarian minister who was a co-founder of Washington University in St. Louis.[1] Eliot graduated from Washington University, A.B. 1863. Henry Eliot remained a Unitarian all his life. Henry was named in honor of Henry Ware Jr., a prominent leader of Harvard Divinity School and mentor of Henry Eliot's father in seminary.[2][3]
Career
Eliot first worked at Reed and Green in the wholesale grocery business. Next, he became a partner in the firm of Eliot and Larkin as manufacturing chemists.
In 1874 Eliot became Secretary of the Hydraulic-Press Brick Company in St. Louis, later serving in all offices including President, until his retirement at age 70. He continued to aid the company with his judgment and experience.
Public life
He served on the Board of Directors of Washington University, 1877–1919; as President of the Academy of Science, St. Louis, 1902; and Trustee of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 1902-1903.
In later life he compiled a record of the descendants of his ancestor William Greenleaf (1724–1803).
