J.R.R. Tolkien The Master of World-Building

J.R.R. Tolkien. 1892-1973. Author. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on 3 January 1892 in South Africa. He moved to England with his Mother. When he was 12 ... Tolkien's early years. Tolkien's parents, Arthur Tolkien and Mabel Suffield, grew up in Birmingham. Arthur Tolkien's father, a music-seller and piano teacher, ... British writer and philologist (1892–1973) J. R. R. Tolkien was professor of Anglo-saxon and English language and literature from 1925-59 at Oxford University. Tolkien wrote popular books of fantasy fiction. The most famous of his books are The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. 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 ... English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high-fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and ... J.R.R. Tolkien was an English writer and scholar who achieved fame with his children's book The Hobbit (1937) and his richly inventive epic ... 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. J.R.R. Tolkien lived a long and fascinating life – not least because he lived through extraordinary times, serving as a Second Lieutenant in the ...