1. John Ronald Reuel TOLKIEN (1892 - 1973)
J.R.R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel TOLKIEN
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2. Family Father Arthur Reuel Tolkien Mother Mabel Suffield
Brother Hilary

3. 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

4. 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 »

5. Career 1917 John Francies 1920 Michael Hilary 1924 Christopher Reuel
1925 Professorship at Oxford
1929 Priscilla
1945 Merton Professorship of English Language and Literatur

6. Career 1937 published « The Hobbit »
Michael and Christopher join Royal Airforce
Codebreaker in WW II

7. J.R.R. Tolkien Edith dies 22nd November 1971 in Oxford
J.R. R. dies 2nd September 1973 in Oxford

8. The Lord of The Rings Trilogy
The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Two Towers (2002)
The Return of the King (2003)

9. By Iannis