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Born1892-01-03—January 3, 1892—England—Bloemfontein
Died1973-09-02—September 2, 1973—Wolvercote Cemetery, Oxford—Fern Cottage, Rednal—England
Place of deathBournemouth
Cause of deathbronchopneumonia—ulcer—natural causes
HomeworldBloemfontein
Also known asJ.R.R. Tolkien, John Tolkien, J.R.R Tolkien, John R. R. Tolkien
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J. R. R. Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings·Royal Society of Literature·English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
J. R. R. Tolkien, born 1892-01-03 on Bloemfontein, was a linguist trained by Father Francis Xavier Morgan.
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Identity
- Occupation
- linguistpoetuniversity teacherchildren's writertranslatorliterary criticessayistmilitary officerauthorwriterhistorianillustratorteacherprose writerphilologistnovelistlibrettistliterary historian
Appearance
- Gender
- male
Origin & End
- Homeworld
- Bloemfontein
- Born
- 1892-01-03—January 3, 1892—England—Bloemfontein
- Died
- 1973-09-02—September 2, 1973—Wolvercote Cemetery, Oxford—Fern Cottage, Rednal—England
Affiliations
Relationships
- Trained by
- Father Francis Xavier Morgan
- Parent of
- John TolkienMichael TolkienChristopher TolkienPriscilla TolkienMichael Hilary Reuel TolkienHilary Arthur Reuel TolkienJohn Francis Reuel TolkienPriscilla Anne Reuel TolkienChristopher John Reuel TolkienBilbo Baggins, Frodo Baggins, and other characters in the Lord of the Rings universeNone mentioned
- Child of
- Siblings
- Hilary Arthur Reuel Tolkien
- Spouse
- Edith Tolkien, Edith Tolkien (m. 1916–1971)
Other
- Cause of death
- bronchopneumonia—ulcer—natural causes
- Place of death
- Bournemouth
- Age
- 3—4—16—19—29—21—1914—1915—1916—1917—1918—72—81—24
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The Silmarillion
The Hobbit
The Lord of the Rings
Tolkien (2019)
J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography
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