J.r.r. Tolkien

J.R.R. Tolkien A presentation by Maiken

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien •

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Born: January 3rd, 1892, Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa Died: September, 1993 (aged 81), Bournemouth, England Occupation: Authhor, academic, philogist Influenced by: George MacDonald, Anglo-Saxon poetry, GrecoRoman Mythology, Norse Mythology, the Kalevala, the Bible John Francis Reuel (17 November 1917 – 22 January 2003), Michael Hilary Reuel

Life •

Father died wen he was three.

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Bag End; his aunt’s farm, spiderbite, Dr. Quimby

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"Tea Club and Barrovian Society“ – poetry

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Edith Bratt - Lúthien

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Switzerland – Misty mountains

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First civilian job: Oxford Dictionary. (After WW1)

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1924 – Professor in English language at the University of Leeds

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Pembroke: the Hobbit and two volumes of Lord of the Rings (Completed Lord of the Rings in 1948)

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1945: moved to

Views • Industrializati on and the Shire. • Roman Catholic • Disapproved of war in general • Germanic heritage

Works • The Hobbit, or There and Back again • The Lord of the Rings • Posthumous puplications: the Silmarillion, the history of the Hobbit, the book of lost tales...