William Greenleaf Eliot, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetWilliam Greenleaf Eliot
American academic
Date of Birth: 05-Aug-1811
Place of Birth: New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States
Date of Death: 23-Jan-1887
Profession: minister
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About William Greenleaf Eliot
- William Greenleaf Eliot (August 5, 1811 – January 23, 1887) was an American educator, Unitarian minister, and civic leader in Missouri.
- He is most notable for founding Washington University in St.
- Louis, but also contributed to the founding of numerous other civic institutions, such as the Saint Louis Art Museum, public school system, and charitable institutions.
- The modernist poet T.
- S.
- Eliot was his grandson.
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