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     J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of Worlds

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     What Happened to the Orcs After the Ring was Destroyed and the War of the Ring Ended?

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     JRR Tolkien - All VIDEO interview compilation - CleanCut

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   Learn History Easily and Fast! What happened on this date in the past. Every day a NEW VIDEO. Not too Long video - Only 2 minutes.Watch the new video every m...

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   Oct 29, 2015 · J.R.R. Tolkien: Death. Rhome Grown. 91 subscribers. Subscribed. 277. 12K views 8 years ago. Prof. Tolkien discusses, what he calls, 'the key-spring' of LotR. From a 1968 BBC interview...

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   Tolkien's End. Check out our new-ish channel Highlight History: / @highlighthistory In this video we discuss the life and death of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, as well as a slew of interesting...

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5. www.bbc.co.uk › news › uk-england-oxfordshire-51143879'First Middle-earth scholar' Christopher Tolkien dies - BBC News

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   Jan 16, 2020 · Christopher Tolkien, who edited and published the posthumous works of his father, Lord of the Rings writer JRR Tolkien, has died aged 95. The news was confirmed by the Tolkien Society,...

6. www.nytimes.com › 1973/09/03 › archivesJ. R. R. Tolkien Dead at 81 Wrote ‘Lord of the Rings’

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   Sep 3, 1973 · LONDON, Sept. 2—J. R. R Tolkien, linguist, scholar and author of “The Lord of the Rings,” died today in Bournemouth. He was 81 years old. Three sons and a daughter survive.

7. www.historyvshollywood.com › reelfaces › tolkienFact-Checking Tolkien: Movie vs. the True Story of J.R.R. Tolkien

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   May 8, 2019 · Yes. The true story behind the Tolkien movie confirms that two of the four members of the Tea Club, Barrovian Society were killed in the Great War. This includes artist Robert 'R.Q.' Gilson and poet Geoffrey 'G.B.' Smith. Gilson was killed by a shell burst on the first day of the Battle of the Somme on July 1, 1916.

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   Who was JRR Tolkien?

   • Christopher Tolkien, who edited and published the posthumous works of his father, Lord of the Rings writer JRR Tolkien, has died aged 95. The news was confirmed by the Tolkien Society, which described him as "Middle-earth's first scholar". After his father's death in 1973, Mr Tolkien published the acclaimed work The Silmarillion.

   'First Middle-earth scholar' Christopher Tolkien dies - BBC

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   Who was J.R.R. Tolkien?

   • J.R.R. Tolkien (known as Ronald to his family) is the author of The Hobbit (1937),*The Lord of the Rings (1954-55),* and The Silmarillion (1977). He wrote many other works of fiction, poetry, and academic prose, and was also a gifted visual artist.

   POV: Lord of Middle-Earth—Tolkien’s Legacy 50 Years after His Death

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   What did Tolkien do after he left the Fusiliers?

   • Invalided out of the Fusiliers, Tolkien decided in the hospital that the study of language was to be his métier. He returned to Oxford to receive his M.A. in 1919, and to work as an assistant on the Oxford Dictionary. Two years later he began his teaching career at the University of Leeds.

   J. R. R. Tolkien Dead at 81 Wrote ‘Lord of the Rings’

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   What happened to Tolkien's parents?

   • Tolkien, then just three-years-old, lived in near poverty with his mother Mabel and younger brother Hilary. They had first moved in with Mabel's parents in Birmingham and eventually ended up renting Fern Cottage in Rednal. When his mother died of complications from type 1 diabetes in 1904, Tolkien and Hilary were left orphaned.

   Fact-Checking Tolkien: Movie vs. the True Story of J.R.R. Tolkien

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   Did Tolkien go straight to war?

   • No. The movie implies Tolkien and his friends went straight to war. However, in real life, Tolkien delayed joining the military long enough to draw criticism, especially from relatives. "In those days chaps joined up, or were scorned publicly," he said years later in a letter to his son Michael.

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   Did John Ronald Reuel Tolkien live in South Africa?

   • Yes. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (pronounced Tol-keen) was born in what is now South Africa in 1892. His English father, Arthur (pictured above), had been sent to manage a branch of a British bank there. However, Arthur died of rheumatic fever before he could return to England with the rest of the family.

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9. www.bu.edu › articles › 2023POV: Lord of Middle-Earth—Tolkien’s Legacy 50 Years after His ...

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   Aug 30, 2023 · 1. Will Glover. Fifty years ago this week, a retired literature professor and philologist passed away at the age of 81. The professor was John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (Ronald, to his family), known to history as the author of The Hobbit (1937), The Lord of the Rings (1954-55), and The Silmarillion (1977)—though he wrote many other works of ...