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Mabel Tolkien (née Suffield; 1870 – 14 November 1904) was the mother of J. R. R. Tolkien. Her parents, John Suffield and Emily Jane Sparrow, lived in Stirling Road, Birmingham and owned a shop in the city centre.
May 9, 2019 · How J.R.R. Tolkien’s Children Dealt With Their Legendary Father’s Legacy. The biopic Tolkien, out May 10, depicts the famous author's life, but only a specific segment of it — his early life...
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In 1904, when J. R. R. Tolkien was 12, his mother died of acute diabetes at Fern Cottage in Rednal, which she was renting. She was then about 34 years of age, about as old as a person with diabetes mellitus type 1 could survive without treatment—insulin would not be discovered until 1921, two decades later. Nine years after her death, Tolkien ...
Oct 27, 2016 · Birth of Mabel Suffield, Tolkien’s mother, in Birmingham. 21 January 1889: Birth of Edith Mary Bratt, Tolkien’s future wife, in Gloucester. 16 April 1891: Arthur Tolkien and Mabel Suffield get married in Cape Town Cathedral. 3 January 1892: Birth of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State (now part of South Africa). 17 ...
Oct 9, 2024 · Unfortunately, his mother's health began to deteriorate again and she died on 14 November after six days in a diabetic coma leaving the 10 and 12 year old, Hilary and Ronald. During his subsequent orphanhood, he was under the guardianship of Francis Xavier Morgan of the Birmingham Oratory.
Aug 23, 2024 · Mabel Tolkien (née Suffield, January 1870 - 14 November 1904) was the mother of J.R.R. Tolkien and Hilary Tolkien, being the wife of Arthur Reuel Tolkien. She was the child of John and Emily Suffield, along with six other siblings.
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Mar 2, 2022 · Priscilla Tolkien has died at the age of 92. She passed away peacefully on 28 February 2022 after a short illness. The Tolkien Society sends its deepest condolences to the Tolkien family and all Society members who knew Priscilla.
