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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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British writer and philologist (1892–1973)

Born 3 January 1892
Died 2 September 1973

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  • Cover of: The Ancrene Riwle (Exeter Medieval English Texts and Studies)

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  • Cover of: REVUE BIFROST N76: SPECIAL TOLKIEN

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  • Cover of: Leaf by Niggle
    First published in 2016 1 edition in 1 language

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  • Cover of: ON FAIRY-STORIES

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  • Cover of: The Great Tales of Middle-earth: Children of Húrin, Beren and Lúthien, and The Fall of Gondolin

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  • Cover of: Faerie
    First published in 1978 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable

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  • Cover of: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Pearl : and, Sir Orfeo

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  • Cover of: HOBBIT. LA DESOLACION DE SMAUG, EL

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  • Cover of: Taru Sormusten Herrasta
    First published in 1966 1 edition

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  • Cover of: History of Middle-Earth Box Set #4: Morgoth's Ring / the War of the Jewels / the Peoples of Middle-Earth / Index

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British writer and philologist (1892–1973)

Born 3 January 1892
Died 2 September 1973

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