J. R. R. Tolkien
Also known as J-R-R Tolkien, Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, John Tolkien, J.R.R Tolkien, J.R.R. Tolkien, John R. R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954–55).
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J. R. R. Tolkien was an English writer and scholar of language who created some of the most influential fantasy stories ever written, including The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. His works matter because they essentially established the modern form of fantasy literature and continue to be widely read and adapted into films, games, and other media worldwide.
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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (/ˈruːl ˈtɒlkiːn/, 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and academic philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954–1955).
From 1925 to 1945 Tolkien was the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon and a Fellow of Pembroke College, both at the University of Oxford. He then moved within the same university to become the Merton Professor of English Language and Literature and Fellow of Merton College, and held these positions from 1945 until his retirement in 1959. Tolkien was a devout Catholic and a close friend of C. S. Lewis, a co-member of the Inklings, an informal literary discussion group. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II on 28 March 1972.
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