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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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    First published in 1984 10 editions in 4 languages — 1 previewable
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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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  • Cover of: Sauron Defeated: the end of the third age (the history of the Lord of the rings, part four). The Notion Club papers, and, The drowning of Anadûnê

    First published in 1992 8 editions in 1 language — 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: Contes et légendes inachevés: Le Troisième Age

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British writer and philologist (1892–1973)

Born 3 January 1892
Died 2 September 1973
Subjects
Middle Earth (Imaginary place), Middle earth (imaginary place), fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, fantasy, general, Fiction, English Fantasy fiction, Fiction, fantasy, epic, History and criticism, Tolkien, j, r. r. (john ronald ruel), 1892-1973, English literature, Fantasy fiction, Baggins, frodo (fictitious character), fiction, Gandalf (fictitious character), fiction, Fantasy, English Fantasy literature, Poetry, Children's fiction, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Fantasy fiction, history and criticism, Middle earth (imaginary place), Ficción, Imaginary languages in literature, Open Library Staff Picks, Beowulf, Elves
Places
Middle Earth, England, Middle-earth, Middle Earth (Imaginary place), Gondor, Isengard, Middle-Earth, Mordor, Rivendell, Tierra Media, Valinor, Bree, Edoras, Fangorn Forest, Iron Hills, Ithilien, Lake-town, Little Kingdom (fictional place), Lonely Mountain, Milwaukee, Minas Tirith, Mirkwood, Misty Mountains, Mount Doom, Númenor
People
J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973), Gandalf, Elrond, Gollum, Sauron, Bilbo Baggins, Boromir, Frodo Baggins, Gimli, Legolas, Shelob, The Man in the Moon, Tom Bombadil, Túrin, Éomer, Aragorn, Bard the Bowman, Beorn, Celeborn, Christopher Tolkien, Denethor, Elendil, Faramir, Galadriel, Gríma Wormtongue
Time
20th century, First Age, Middle Ages, Prehistory, Second Age, Third Age, 10th century, 1920s, 1920s-1930s, 1920s-1940s, 20e siècle, Early Middle Ages, F.A. 500s, Fictional pre-history, Middle English, 1100-1500, Old English, ca. 450-1100, The End of the Third Age, The First Age, The end of the third age, Third-Age, War of the Ring

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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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