J. R. R. Tolkien

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Author, Poet
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PL0533727663792
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j-r-r-tolkien
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Birth
1892-Jan-03
Death
1973-Sep-01 ( at the age of 81 )
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2025-08-13
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2026-01-02
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30 Moments
2023
Tolkien's Religious Experience Explored by Ordway
2013
2003
Tolkien Reading Day Celebrations by The Tolkien Society
1977
Animated Musical Film of The Hobbit
1972
Tolkien Appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire
1966
Tolkien Contributes to The Jerusalem Bible
1954
Publication of The Lord of the Rings
1950
1945
1939
1936
Tolkien’s Beowulf Lecture: Redefining the Monsters and the Critics
1930
Inklings met at Eagle and Child Pub
1929
Birth of Priscilla Mary Anne Reuel Tolkien
1925
Tolkien Becomes Professor at Oxford
1920
1919
Tolkien's First Civilian Job Post-War
1917
1916
Tolkien Joined Battalion at Rubempré
1915
Tolkien Commissioned as Second Lieutenant
1914
Britain Entered the First World War
1913
Tolkien's Journey to Cheltenham with Edith
1911
Tolkien Begins Studies at Exeter College, Oxford
Tolkien's Summer Holiday in Switzerland
1909
1904
1903
1900