к несчастью, он умер за одиннадцать месяцев до того, как Элиот принудил себя поведать о своем открытии, хоть он и утверждал, что знал о нем на протяжении семнадцати лет
Unfortunately, he died eleven months before Eliot forced himself to tell about its opening, though he claimed that he knew about it for seventeen years
Unfortunately, he died eleven months before Eliot forced himself to tell us about his discovery, although he claimed that he had known about it for seventeen years
unfortunately, he died for eleven months before he forced himself to tell the story of his discovery, he claimed to know about him during the seventeen years