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J.R.R. Tolkien

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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  • Cover of: The lost road and other writings: language and legend before The Lord of the rings

    First published in 1987 8 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition lostroadotherwri00jrrt
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    First published in 2016 7 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Contes et légendes inachevés: le premier age

    First published in 1988 7 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition contesetlegendes0000tolk_g1e0 Cover of edition lepremierage0000jrrt Cover of edition lepremierage010000tolk
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  • Cover of: Essays presented to Charles Williams.

    First published in 1947 7 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition essayspresentedt0000unse_g3r6
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  • Cover of: Contes et légendes inachevés: Le Troisième Age

    First published in 1988 5 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition contesetleginach0000jrrt Cover of edition contesetlegendes0000tolk_z3h0
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    First published in 1996 5 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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    First published in 2016 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1991 4 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition contesetlgendesi0000jrrt Cover of edition lepremierage0002jrrt
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    First published in 1980 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: 指輪物語 3: 二つの塔 1

    First published in 1989 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition shinpanyubiwamon0005tolk
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    First published in 1985 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Tree and leaf ; Smith of Wootton Major ; The homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's son

    First published in 1975 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Le seigneur des Anneaux: Livre VI: Le retour du Roi

    First published in 1989 2 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition onokikan0000tolk
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    First published in 1989 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Властелин колец: Летопись вторая и третья

    First published in 1993 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Tolkien Diary: 1992

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    First published in 1977 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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English writer and philologist (1892–1973)

Born 3 January 1892
Died 2 September 1973
Subjects
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 fiction
Places
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 Forrest
People
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 Bowman
Time
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

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  • 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
  • Tolkien
  • J. R.R. Tolkien
  • J R R Tolkien
  • J.R.R.Tolkien

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