J.R.R. Tolkien The Master of Fantasy and Philology

J.R.R. Tolkien suffered a tarantula bite while in their garden. That was likely the inspiration for Shelob, who later appeared in his Lord of ... John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, Englishman, scholar, and storyteller, was born of English parents at Bloemfontein, South Africa on Jan. 3, 1892 and died in England ... J.R.R. Tolkien — Carpenter, Humphrey — The authorized biography of the creator of Middle-earth. "One of the most interesting and readable ... John Ronald Reuel Tolkien has done so many great things for this world, including acts of kindness, creativity, and expanding the imaginations of others. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE was an English writer, poet, WWI veteran (a First Lieutenant in the Lancashire Fusiliers, British Army), ... John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892, in Bloemfontein, South Africa. After serving in World War I, he embarked upon a distinguished ... 1. JRR Tolkien had a flair for the dramatic. As a linguist and expert on Old English and Old Norse literature, Tolkien was a professor at Oxford University ... John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892–1973) — an English writer, professor of Anglo-Saxon and English languages and literatures in the ... From an early age, Tolkien pursued an active life of the imagination. In childhood, he and his brother Hilary would play at vanquishing evil dragons, and ... Tolkien's specialty was the Anglo-Saxon period of Old English literature. He wrote a translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight that is still used today. He ...