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-historic era in an invented version of the world which he called by the Middle English name of Middle-earth. This was peopled by Men (and women), Elves, Dwarves, Trolls, Orcs (or Goblins) and of course Hobbits. He has regularly been condemned by the Eng. Lit. establishment, with honourable exceptions, but loved by literally millions of readers worldwide.
In the 1960s he was taken up by many members of the nascent "counter-culture" largely because of his concern with environmental issues. In 1997 he came top of three British polls, organised respectively by Channel 4 / Waterstone's, the Folio Society, and SFX, the UK's leading science fiction media magazine, amongst discerning readers asked to vote for the greatest book of the 20th century.
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English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
| Born | 3 January 1892 |
| Died | 2 September 1973 |
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English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
| Born | 3 January 1892 |
| Died | 2 September 1973 |
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British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Middle Earth (Imaginary place), Fiction, English Fantasy fiction, English literature, Fantasy fiction, Fiction, fantasy, general, Middle earth (imaginary place), fiction, Fantasy, Fiction, fantasy, epic, History and criticism, Children's fiction, Baggins, frodo (fictitious character), fiction, Ficción, Gandalf (fictitious character), fiction, Large type books, Open Library Staff Picks, Poetry, Tierra Media (Lugar imaginario), Baggins, bilbo (fictitious character), fiction, Bilbo Baggins (Fictitious character), Children's poetry, English, Elves, English Fantasy literature, English fictionPlaces
Middle Earth, Middle Earth (Imaginary place), England, Gondor, Bree, Edoras, Isengard, Ithilien, Middle-earth, Minas Tirith, Mordor, Mount Doom, Rivendell, Rohan, Tierra Media, the Shire, Ancient Britain, Bag End, Barad-dur, Beleriand, Dead Marshes, Doriath, Erebor, Fangorn Forest, Fangorn ForrestPeople
Gandalf, J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973), Boromir, Elrond, Frodo Baggins, Gimli, Gollum, Legolas, Sauron, Bilbo Baggins, Elendil, Lúthien, Merry, Pippin, Samwise, Shelob, Tom Bombadil, Túrin, Éomer, Aragorn, Aragorn (Strider), Aragorn II, Arwen, Balin, Bard the BowmanTime
First Age, 20th century, 20e siècle, Early Middle Ages, F.A. 500s, Fictional pre-history, Middle Ages, Middle English, 1100-1500, Prehistory, The End of the Third Age, The First Age, Third-Age
ID Numbers
- OLID: OL26320A
- Amazon ID: B000ARC6KA
- GoodReads: 656983
- ISNI: 0000000121441970
- Project Gutenberg: 42379
- Storygraph: ab1242c9-8f9b-475c-845f-ea406db30ebc
- VIAF: 95218067
- Wikidata: Q892
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q892
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Alternative names
- John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
- Dzhon R. R. Tolkin
- Yue Han Luo Na De Rui Er Tuo Er Jin
- J. R. R. Tolkien
- John R. R. Tolkien
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- J. R.R. Tolkien
- J R R Tolkien
- J.R.R.Tolkien
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