Eliot eventually attended Harvard College where he studied Indian philosophy and Sanskrit.
His full birth-name was Thomas Stearns Eliot. Eliot’s childhood was not a peaceful one. He developed a love for literature after being confined to his home. He was afflicted with a congenital double inguinal hernia, this meant he was unable to socialize with his peers and was forced to spend a great deal of time alone. Eliot eventually attended Harvard College where he studied Indian philosophy and Sanskrit.