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J.R.R Tolkien
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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, aka J.R.R Tolkien was a British writer, poet, philogist and professor. He is best known as the author of the Lord of the Rings, the Hobbit and the Silmarillion.
He was born on the 3rd of January, 1892 in Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State, part of modern day South Africa. His father was Arthur Reuel Tolkien, an English bank manager, and his mother was Mabel Tolkien.
When he was 3 years old, his mother took him to Britain in what was meant to be a lenghthy visit. But his father died of rheumatic fever, which left the family without any income. John was then sent to live with his grandparents at Kings Heath, Birmingham. Later they moved to Sarehole.
When he was young, he read a lot of books. He disliked books like Treasure Island but liked stories about Native Americans.
In his early teenage years, his cousins had invented their own language, Animalic, while at the same time Tolkien was studying Latin and Anglo-Saxon. While their interest in Animalic soon disappeared, they would create another language, Nevbosh. Tolkien himself would end up creating yet another language by himself, Naffarin.
In 1911, Tolkien visited Switzerland, which was an obvious inspiration for parts of the Hobbit which he would later write.
When he was 16 years old, he met Edith Mary Bratt who was 3 years older than him. They both fit well together and already in 1909 they thought of themselves as in love. But Tolkiens guardian, Father Morgan, disliked this relationship. He didn't like that he was in love with someone older than him, and especially not a Protestant. Morgan told Tolkien to wait until he was 21, and Tolkien obeyed.
On his 21st birthday, Tolkien wrote to Edith, asking her to marry him. Edith had already promised to marry someone else, however this was only because she doubted that Tolkien still cared for her, and she soon agreed.
In 1916, they were married, which Tolkien was surprised about. He had no job and no money either at this point.
When the First World War started, Tolkien shocked his family by not enlisting immediatly. During these years, young men were expected to enlist and could be shamed for not doing so. He instead enlisted in a program where he would wait until he was done studying. In July 1915, he finished his finals, but by then his family had started to become very pushing to him enlisting.
He enlisted and was made a temporary second lieutenant in the Lancashire Fusiliers on the 15th of July.
On the 2nd of June, 1916, a telegram was given to Tolkien summoning him for transportation to France.
While in France, at one point while waiting to be summoned to his new regiment, he composed a poem called The Lonely Isle, symbolic for his feelings during the sea crossing to Calais, France.
In early July, 1916, Tolkien arrived at the Somme, where he participated in assaults on the Schwaben Redoubt and the Leipzig Salient.
While Tolkien was in combat, Edith was very worried and stressed about the possibility of getting news of her husbands death. As such, they made a system where he could use dots on letters to show where they were. This was to avoid the British postal censorship at the time.
On the 27th of October, 1916, Tolkien came down with trench fever and was sent back to England. This possibly saved him from death, as all but one of his friends died in combat during World War I.
In the 1920's, Tolkien undertook translating Beowulf. He finished it in 1926, but he never published it, although his son did in 2014.
When World War 2 was approaching, Tolkien was earmarked as a codebreaker. In early 1939 he was asked if he was prepared to serve in the cryptographic department of the Foreign Office, which he said yes to. In March he took an instructional course at the London HQ of the Government Code and Cypher School.
In 1948, Tolkien finished writing the Lord of the Rings, nearly a decade after the first sketches.
When he retired, over the years up to his death he recieved increasing amounts of public attention and fame. In the start, he was happy to respond to questions, but he soon became unhappy as he had become a cult-figure.
In 1971, Edith died at the age of 82, after having been married to Tolkien for more than 50 years.
In 1972, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II.
In September 1973, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien died, two years after the death of his wife. They were buried in the same grave.
He was born on the 3rd of January, 1892 in Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State, part of modern day South Africa. His father was Arthur Reuel Tolkien, an English bank manager, and his mother was Mabel Tolkien.
When he was 3 years old, his mother took him to Britain in what was meant to be a lenghthy visit. But his father died of rheumatic fever, which left the family without any income. John was then sent to live with his grandparents at Kings Heath, Birmingham. Later they moved to Sarehole.
When he was young, he read a lot of books. He disliked books like Treasure Island but liked stories about Native Americans.
In his early teenage years, his cousins had invented their own language, Animalic, while at the same time Tolkien was studying Latin and Anglo-Saxon. While their interest in Animalic soon disappeared, they would create another language, Nevbosh. Tolkien himself would end up creating yet another language by himself, Naffarin.
In 1911, Tolkien visited Switzerland, which was an obvious inspiration for parts of the Hobbit which he would later write.
When he was 16 years old, he met Edith Mary Bratt who was 3 years older than him. They both fit well together and already in 1909 they thought of themselves as in love. But Tolkiens guardian, Father Morgan, disliked this relationship. He didn't like that he was in love with someone older than him, and especially not a Protestant. Morgan told Tolkien to wait until he was 21, and Tolkien obeyed.
On his 21st birthday, Tolkien wrote to Edith, asking her to marry him. Edith had already promised to marry someone else, however this was only because she doubted that Tolkien still cared for her, and she soon agreed.
In 1916, they were married, which Tolkien was surprised about. He had no job and no money either at this point.
When the First World War started, Tolkien shocked his family by not enlisting immediatly. During these years, young men were expected to enlist and could be shamed for not doing so. He instead enlisted in a program where he would wait until he was done studying. In July 1915, he finished his finals, but by then his family had started to become very pushing to him enlisting.
He enlisted and was made a temporary second lieutenant in the Lancashire Fusiliers on the 15th of July.
On the 2nd of June, 1916, a telegram was given to Tolkien summoning him for transportation to France.
While in France, at one point while waiting to be summoned to his new regiment, he composed a poem called The Lonely Isle, symbolic for his feelings during the sea crossing to Calais, France.
In early July, 1916, Tolkien arrived at the Somme, where he participated in assaults on the Schwaben Redoubt and the Leipzig Salient.
While Tolkien was in combat, Edith was very worried and stressed about the possibility of getting news of her husbands death. As such, they made a system where he could use dots on letters to show where they were. This was to avoid the British postal censorship at the time.
On the 27th of October, 1916, Tolkien came down with trench fever and was sent back to England. This possibly saved him from death, as all but one of his friends died in combat during World War I.
In the 1920's, Tolkien undertook translating Beowulf. He finished it in 1926, but he never published it, although his son did in 2014.
When World War 2 was approaching, Tolkien was earmarked as a codebreaker. In early 1939 he was asked if he was prepared to serve in the cryptographic department of the Foreign Office, which he said yes to. In March he took an instructional course at the London HQ of the Government Code and Cypher School.
In 1948, Tolkien finished writing the Lord of the Rings, nearly a decade after the first sketches.
When he retired, over the years up to his death he recieved increasing amounts of public attention and fame. In the start, he was happy to respond to questions, but he soon became unhappy as he had become a cult-figure.
In 1971, Edith died at the age of 82, after having been married to Tolkien for more than 50 years.
In 1972, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II.
In September 1973, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien died, two years after the death of his wife. They were buried in the same grave.
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