John Ronald Reuel TOLKIEN (1892 - 1973) J.R.R. Tolkien John Ronald Reuel TOLKIEN (1892 - 1973)
Family Father Arthur Reuel Tolkien Mother Mabel Suffield Brother Hilary
Childhood and Youth Born 3rd of January 1892 in South Africa Moved to England 1896 after his father died King Edward School with Hilary Exeter College until 1913
World War I Married Edith Mary Bratt 1916 Went to Western Front in WW I Wrote « Book of Lost Tales » and some stories of « Silmarillion »
Career 1917 John Francies 1920 Michael Hilary 1924 Christopher Reuel 1925 Professorship at Oxford 1929 Priscilla 1945 Merton Professorship of English Language and Literatur
Career 1937 published « The Hobbit » Michael and Christopher join Royal Airforce Codebreaker in WW II
J.R.R. Tolkien Edith dies 22nd November 1971 in Oxford J.R. R. dies 2nd September 1973 in Oxford
The Lord of The Rings Trilogy The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) The Two Towers (2002) The Return of the King (2003)
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