John Ronald Reuel Tolkien CBE FRSL 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 Pembroke College, both at the University of Oxford. Wikipedia
Born: January 3, 1892, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Died: September 2, 1973, Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Grandchildren: Simon Tolkien, Adam Reuel Tolkien, MORE
Spouse: Edith Tolkien (m. 1916–1971)
Full name: John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
Influenced by: G. K. Chesterton, Robert E. Howard, William Morris, MORE
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