William Eliot

William Eliot may refer to:

  • William Greenleaf Eliot (1811–1887), American educator, Unitarian clergyman, and founder of Washington University
  • William Eliot, 2nd Earl of St Germans (1767–1845), British diplomat and politician
  • William Eliot, 4th Earl of St Germans (1829–1881), British diplomat and Liberal politician

Famous quotes containing the word eliot:

    “Of a truth, Knowledge is power, but it is a power reined by scruple, having a conscience of what must be and what may be; whereas Ignorance is a blind giant who, let him but wax unbound, would make it a sport to seize the pillars that hold up the long- wrought fabric of human good, and turn all the places of joy as dark as a buried Babylon.”
    —George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)