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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien CBE FRSL (/ ˈruːl ˈtɒlkiːn /, [a] 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. From 1925 to 1945, Tolkien was the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon and a Fellow of Pembroke College, both ...
Nov 1, 2024 · 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 fantasy The Lord of the Rings (1954–55). His writing continued to be published after his death, including The Silmarillion (1977) and The History of Middle-earth (1983–96).
Tolkien, creator of the Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, taught English Language at Merton College in Oxford. J.R.R. Tolkien is closely linked with Oxford and its University. Tolkien was in the midst of his English Literature studies at Oxford when World War I broke out. He was able to delay his enlistment until he had completed his degree, at ...
Feb 5, 2024 · John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892–1973) was a major scholar of the English language, specialising in Old and Middle English. Twice Professor of Anglo-Saxon (Old English) at the University of Oxford, he also wrote a number of stories, including most famously The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954–1955), which are set in a pre ...
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As a student, Tolkien had founded the literary club Apolausticks (1912). Many members also joined the Chequers Clubbe a dining society at Exeter College founded by Tolkien and Colin Cullis in 1914. Tolkien (22) was an undergraduate when the Great War broke out (August 1914) but he wanted to complete his studies. He joined the Officers Training Corp...
After the New English Dictionary and a year of tutoring students in Oxford, Tolkien decided to apply for a post at the University of Leeds. Tolkien had an interview with George S. Gordon, the University's Professor of English, in June 1920. Between 1922 and 1928 Tolkien tried to work on the "Clarendon Chaucer" project with Gordon, in order to produ...
J.R.R. Tolkien Professorship of English Literature and Language was established in 1980. As of 2022, the Faculty of English intends to appoint to the J.R.R. Tolkien Professorship as a fully endowed chair, in association with Lady Margaret Hall.
(Also, a bit of pendantry: quite a few sources (e.g. Tolkien Gateway) say Tolkien's 1954 DLitt was from the "University of Dublin", which is a term that can only refer to Trinity College Dublin. However, it was actually from University College Dublin, a completely separate institution with a very different history, where Tolkien had served as an external examiner for many years.)
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Oct 9, 2024 · Tolkien: The official site of the Tolkien Estate. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE, (3 January, 1892 – 2 September, 1973) was a philologist and writer, best known as the author of The Hobbit and its sequel The Lord of the Rings. He worked as reader and professor in English language at the University of Leeds from 1920 to 1925; as professor of ...
