J.R.R. Tolkien
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 and The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
He created the land of Middle-earth which is inhabited by men, elves, dwarves, wizards, orcs and hobbits.[1]Tolkien grew up in the industrial city of Birmingham upon which he based his vsiosn of Mordor. He attended the independent King Edward's School, Edgbaston. Much of Middle-earth was based upon other parts of England, with the Shire being a representation of the county of Worcestershire.
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]
