J.R.R. Tolkien The Master of Myth and Magic

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 ... John Ronald Reuel (JRR) Tolkien entered the world on January 3, 1892. He was born in South Africa, where his parents had moved from England. Birth of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State (now part of South Africa). 17 February 1894, Birth of Tolkien's younger brother, Hilary. 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 ... Reuel Tolkien (called Ronald for short; b. January 3, 1892 in South Africa – died September 2, 1973 in England) is best known as the author of The Hobbit and ... Tolkien's linguistic notes from 1936 show the eureka moment. He scribbled down an erupting plot idea about an island called Númenor that was drowned by the sea. Tolkien wrote popular books of fantasy fiction. The most famous of his books are The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Anglo-Saxon scholar and writer Graduated in Classics and English at Oxford, J.R.R Tolkien served at the Battle of the Somme and was invalided home with ... John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892–1973) — an English writer, professor of Anglo-Saxon and English languages and literatures in the ... John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. He was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works ...