| Charles Edward Eaton | |
| Birth Date: | 25 June 1916 |
| Birth Place: | Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Poet |
| Alma Mater: | Harvard University Princeton University |
| Workplaces: | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Charles Edward Eaton (June 25, 1916 – March 23, 2006) was an American poet and professor.
He was born in Winston-Salem, N.C. Eaton received his B.A. degree from the University of North Carolina in 1936, studied at Princeton, and received his M.A. degree from Harvard, where he worked with Robert Frost, who later recommended him to the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference.
Eaton served as Vice Consul in Brazil, 1942–1946, and as professor of creative writing at UNC, 1946-1952. In 1950, he married Isabel Patterson of Pittsburgh.
His papers are at the University of North Carolina.[1]