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J. R. R. Tolkien
| Full Name: |
John
Ronald Ruel
Tolkien |
| Born: |
January 3, 1892
Bloemfontein, Orange Free State |
| Died: |
September 2, 1973
Bournemouth, United Kingdom |
| Occupation: |
Writer, Philologist, Professor |
| Nationality: |
British |
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Biography
J.R.R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973), beloved throughout the world as the creator of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, was a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford, a fellow of Pembroke College, and a fellow of Merton College until his retirement in 1959. His chief interest was the linguistic aspects of the early English written tradition, but even as he studied these classics he was creating a set of his own.
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