J R R Tolkien

English writer scholar and philologist tolkien s father was a bank manager in south africa.

J r r tolkien. Shortly before his father died 1896 his mother took him and his younger brother to his father s native village of sarehole near birmingham england. Tolkien was an english fantasy author and academic. 3 january 1892 2 september 1973 was an english writer poet philologist and academic best known as the author of the high fantasy works the hobbit and the lord of the rings. Tolkien 1892 1973 beloved throughout the world as the creator of the hobbit and the lord of the rings was a professor of anglo saxon at oxford a fellow of pembroke college and a fellow of merton college until his retirement in 1959.

January 3 1892 in south africa died september 2 1973 in england is best known as the author of the hobbit and its sequel the lord of the rings. Tolkien in full john ronald reuel tolkien born january 3 1892 bloemfontein south africa died september 2 1973 bournemouth hampshire england english writer and scholar who achieved fame with his children s book the hobbit 1937 and his richly inventive epic fantasy the lord of the rings 1954 55. While teaching at oxford university he published the popular. John ronald reuel tolkien called ronald for short.