John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE ( /ˈtɒlkiːn/, US /ˈtoʊlkiːn/; 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an 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 The Silmarillion.
Tolkien was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Pembroke College, Oxford, from 1925 to 1945 and Merton Professor of English Language and Literature there f...
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Date of birth:
- Jan 3, 1892
Date of death:
- Sep 2, 1973 (age 81 years)
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Also known as:
- John Ronald Reuel Tolkien,
- J.R.R. Tolkien,
- Tolkien, J.R.R.,
- J.R.R Tolkien,
- JRR Tolkien,
- J R R Tolkien,
- Tolkien
