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[[Image:Jrrt 1972 pipe.jpg|right|thumb|Tolkien in 1972, in his study at Merton Street.]] | [[Image:Jrrt 1972 pipe.jpg|right|thumb|Tolkien in 1972, in his study at Merton Street.]] | ||
| − | '''John Ronald Reuel Tolkien''' (1892-1973) was a professor of the [[Anglo-Saxon language]] and author of several influential [[fantasy]] books such as [[The Hobbit]], [[The Silmarillion]], and [[The Lord of the Rings]]. | + | '''John Ronald Reuel Tolkien''' (1892-1973) was a professor of the [[Anglo-Saxon language]] and author of several influential [[fantasy]] books such as ''[[The Hobbit]]'', ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', and ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' trilogy. |
| − | He created the land of [[Middle Earth|Middle-earth]] which is inhabited by men, [[elves]], [[dwarves (Middle-earth)|dwarves]], [[wizards]], [[goblins]] and [[hobbits]].<ref> | + | He created the land of [[Middle Earth|Middle-earth]] which is inhabited by men, [[elves]], [[dwarves (Middle-earth)|dwarves]], [[wizards]], [[goblins]] and [[hobbits]].<ref>''The Hobbit'' by J.R.R.Tolkien, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1937. </ref> A sometime resident of the [[England|English]] [[Midlands]], Tolkien based his vision of [[Mordor]] on the city of [[Birmingham]], and other parts of Middle-Earth upon other parts of England. |
| − | He and several others (among them [[C.S. Lewis]]) were members of a literary club called the [[Inklings]]. Tolkien and Lewis were good friends, and Tolkien had a large role in Lewis' eventual embracing of [[Christianity]]<ref> [[Heroes of the Faith, C.S.Lewis]] by Sam Wellman, Barbour Publishing, Inc., 1997. </ref> | + | He and several others (among them [[C.S. Lewis]]) were members of a literary club called the [[Inklings]]. Tolkien and Lewis were good friends, and Tolkien had a large role in Lewis's eventual embracing of [[Christianity]]<ref>''[[Heroes of the Faith, C.S.Lewis]]'' by Sam Wellman, Barbour Publishing, Inc., 1997. </ref> |
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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) was a professor of the Anglo-Saxon language and author of several influential fantasy books such as The Hobbit, The Silmarillion, and The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
He created the land of Middle-earth which is inhabited by men, elves, dwarves, wizards, goblins and hobbits.[1] A sometime resident of the English Midlands, Tolkien based his vision of Mordor on the city of Birmingham, and other parts of Middle-Earth upon other parts of England.
He and several others (among them C.S. Lewis) were members of a literary club called the Inklings. Tolkien and Lewis were good friends, and Tolkien had a large role in Lewis's eventual embracing of Christianity[2]
References
- ↑ The Hobbit by J.R.R.Tolkien, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1937.
- ↑ Heroes of the Faith, C.S.Lewis by Sam Wellman, Barbour Publishing, Inc., 1997.