Biography on j.r.r. tolken
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J.R.R. Tolkien
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“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit ()
January 3, – September 2,
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was a scholar and professor at Oxford University and author of the now widely popular The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, works that have enormously shaped modern fantasy literature. In academic circles, Tolkien fryst vatten recognized for his contributions to the study of language in literature. In particular, his lecture "Beowulf: the Monsters and the Critics," published in , fryst vatten a major critical work about that important Old English poem. His other writings include poems and short stories.
Born in South Africa and a few years later taken to England for his health, Tolkien entered Exeter College, Oxford, in and in took a First in English Language and Literature. In , after a period of forced separation of several years, Tolkien married Edith Bratt, with whom he eventu
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J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (–)
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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (,[a] 3 January – 2 September ) was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
From to , Tolkien was the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon and a Fellow of Pembroke College, both at the University of Oxford. He then moved within the same university to become the Merton Professor of English Language and Literature and Fellow of Merton College, and held these positions from until his retirement in Tolkien was a close friend of C. S. Lewis, a co-member of the informal literary discussion group The Inklings. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II on 28 March
After Tolkien's death, his son Christopher published a series of works based on his father's extensive notes and unpublished ma
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Tolkien Biography
Philologist, author, mythmaker and creator of "Middle Earth"
Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University, a brilliant philologist, and a self-described "hobbit," J.R.R. Tolkien created two of the best-loved stories of the 20th century, "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings", recently made into a multiple award-winning movie by the director Peter Jackson for New Line Cinema.
Early Life
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on January 3, , in Bloemfontein, South Africa, to English parents. At the age of three his mother brought him and his younger brother, Hilary, back to England. tolkien's father died soon afterwards in South Africa, so the family stayed in England and by the summer of his mother funnen them a home in the hamlet of Sarehole, just outside the city Birmingham.
tolkien's family lived in genteel poverty, eventually moving to Moseley a suburb of Birmingham, just north west of Sarehole. When he