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J. R. R. Tolkien. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien CBE FRSL (/ ˈruːl ˈtɒlkiːn /, [a] 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. From 1925 to 1945, Tolkien was the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon and a Fellow of ...
J.R.R. Tolkien was an English writer and scholar who achieved fame with his children’s book The Hobbit (1937) and his richly inventive epic fantasy The Lord of the Rings (1954–55). His writing continued to be published after his death, including The Silmarillion (1977) and The History of Middle-earth (1983–96).
Tolkien retired from professorial duties in 1959, going on to publish an essay and poetry collection, Tree and Leaf, and the fantasy tale Smith of Wootton Major. His wife Edith died in 1971, and ...
On this day... 7 November · 8 November · 9 November · 10 November · 11 November. On Earth. 1898 - Inkling Owen Barfield is born. 1933 - J.R.R. Tolkien 's poem "Errantry" is published in The Oxford Magazine. 1957 - At midnight, J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski. 1967 - Smith of Wootton Major is first published in the UK.
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892–1973) was a major scholar of the English language, specialising in Old and Middle English. Twice Professor of Anglo-Saxon (Old English) at the University of Oxford, he also wrote a number of stories, including most famously The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954–1955), which are set in a pre ...
Tolkien: The official site of the Tolkien Estate. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE, (3 January, 1892 – 2 September, 1973) was a philologist and writer, best known as the author of The Hobbit and its sequel The Lord of the Rings. He worked as reader and professor in English language at the University of Leeds from 1920 to 1925; as professor of ...
The Lord of the Rings is an epic [1] high fantasy novel [a] by the English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien. Set in Middle-earth, the story began as a sequel to Tolkien's 1937 children's book The Hobbit, but eventually developed into a much larger work. Written in stages between 1937 and 1949, The Lord of the Rings is one of the best-selling ...
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.
Tolkien was an accomplished amateur artist who painted for pleasure and relaxation. He excelled at landscapes and often drew inspiration from his own stories. He illustrated many scenes from The Silmarillion, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, sometimes drawing or painting as he was writing in order to visualize the imagined scene more clearly.
The Lord of the Rings is an epic high-fantasy novel by J.R.R. Tolkien. Set in Middle-earth, the story began as a sequel to Tolkien's earlier work, The Hobbit, but eventually developed into a much larger work. The writing began in 1937, and was published in three volumes in 1954 and 1955.
Discover. Professor J.R.R. Tolkien C.B.E. was a renowned scholar of the English language best remembered for his works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, which have become two of the most well-known, best-loved and biggest-selling books of all time. This section contains biographical and bibliographical information together with answers to ...
Ed. Christopher Tolkien. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1977. Tolkien’s own mythological tales, collected together by his son and literary executor, of the beginnings of Middle-earth (and the tales of the High Elves and the First Ages) which he worked on and rewrote over more than 50 years. Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien. Ed. Christopher Tolkien.
When J.R.R. Tolkien died in 1973, Christopher became the executor of his father’s estate, seeing to it that unpublished works like The Silmarillion saw the light of day. Christopher passed away ...
The Lord of the Rings is a fantasy novel that was originally published in three parts (1954–55) by J.R.R. Tolkien. It tells the story of the Hobbit Frodo Baggins and the Ring of Invisibility, and it became highly influential. Peter Jackson adapted the novel into three highly acclaimed films in 2001–03.
Frodo Baggins, a notable Hobbit of the Shire, was born on 22 September TA 2968 (Third Age). He was the only son of Drogo Baggins and Primula Brandybuck. Much of Frodo's youth was spent at Brandy Hall in Buckland, the home of the Brandybuck family, including his mother. Frodo was known to be somewhat of a rascal and he would often steal ...
Tolkien is a 2019 biographical drama film directed by Dome Karukoski and written by David Gleeson and Stephen Beresford. It is about the early life of English professor and philologist J. R. R. Tolkien , author of The Hobbit (1937), The Lord of the Rings (1954–55), and The Silmarillion (1977) as well as notable academic works.
Launch Date. 1 January 2003 (Wiki: 5 June 2005) Status. Active users: 56. Tolkien Gateway (or simply TG) is a not-for-profit collaborative wiki devoted to the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, being the largest Tolkien-related encyclopedia on the World Wide Web. [1] It strives to be the most extensive and complete online resource with content relating ...
J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973) J.R.R. Tolkien. English writer, scholar and philologist, Tolkien's father was a bank manager in South Africa. Shortly before his father died (1896) his mother took him and his younger brother to his father's native village of Sarehole, near Birmingham, England. The landscapes and Nordic mythology of the Midlands may ...
The intention of this site is to show the pertinent details for every major work by J.R.R. Tolkien (author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings) that has been published in the United States. This site was created to act as a supplement to TolkienBooks.net, a comprehensive bibliographic website dedicated to the British editions of John Ronald ...
About The Tolkien Society. We are an educational charity and literary society devoted to the study and promotion of the life and works of the author and academic J.R.R. Tolkien. As a membership organisation, the Tolkien Society publishes a bulletin and a journal at regular intervals, and organises various events throughout the year.