The Legacy of Tolkien's Legacy Shaping Literature and Popular Culture

Related subjects: Writers and critics. J. R. R. Tolkien. Tolkien in 1972. Born, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien 3 January 1892 ... John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. J. R. R. ... Genealogy for John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE (1892 - 1973) family tree on Geni, with over 265 million profiles of ancestors and living ... 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. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born 3 January 1892, in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa, to Arthur Reuel Tolkien and Mabel Suffield. "Tolkien, JRR (1892-1973)." In British Writers, Supplement 2, edited by George Stade, 519-536. New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1992. 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. JRR Tolkien was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor who is best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, ... 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 ... When J.R.R. Tolkien first sat down to write a children's book way back in 1930, he probably had no idea just how successful the spin-offs ...