T. S. Eliot was born in St. Louis, MO, USA on the 26th of September, 1888 (Gardner, et al.). He was the youngest of seven children. His youngest sibling was nine years older than him and his oldest was 19 years older (“Birth”). His father was the president and treasurer of a brick company (“Henry Ware Eliot Snr”) and his mother was a social worker and a poet (“Charlotte Champe Stearns”). He had a congenital double inguinal hernia. This prevented him from taking part in physical activities, and thus from socializing in his early life. Through this he developed a love for literature, likely as a form of escapism from loneliness (“T.S Eliot”). He attended Smith Academy (“Where Was T.S. Eliot Educated?”). He began writing poems at age 14. His first published poem was published in the Smith Academy Record and was written as an assignment (Hall). He moved to Massachusetts for a year of study at Milton Academy, and then started studying at Harvard at 17 (“Where Was T.S. Eliot Educated?”).
Friedrich Nietzsche was born in Rocken, Prussia on the 15th of October, 1844. His father was a Lutheran pastor appointed by the King of Prussia. He was named after this king (Magnus). When he was 4 years old his father died from a brain disease. When he was 5 his brother died. His family then had to move as they had been living in the house reserved for the pastor. They moved to Naumburg with his grandmother. From 14 to 19 he studied at Schulpforta. He led a music and literature club in the summers (Wicks). He started composing music at 14 but his music was greatly criticized (Roberts).
My mystics led largely different childhoods. They had some similarities though. They both came from well off families opening many doors to them they would not have otherwise. They were both able to attend schools of high regard because of this. Neither of them had high grades throughout their early schooling, but both got into these schools largely due to who their families were. Both were also raised as protestants, although different sects of it. Most of the rest of their childhood was different.
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