J.R.R. Tolkien (Novelist) - Age, Birthday, Bio, Facts, Family, Net Worth, Height & More

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien is an English writer, poet, linguist and scholar best known for being the author of the sublime fantastic works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. He was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon and Fellow of Pembroke University, Oxford from 1925 to 1945 and Merton Professor of English Literature and Linguistics and Fellow of Merton University, Oxford from 1945 to 1959. He was a close friend of CS Lewis, co-member of The Inklings informal literature discussion group. Tolkien was appointed Commander of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II on March 28, 1972. After Tolkien's death, his son Christopher published a series of works based on his father's extensive records. and unpublished manuscripts, including The Silmarillion.

Born	John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, January 3, 1892, Bloemfontein, Orange Free State (modern-day South Africa)
Died	September 2, 1973, Bournemouth, Dorset, England
Occupation	Author, academic, philologist, poet
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Exeter College, Oxford
Genre	Fantasy, high fantasy, mythopoeia, translation, literary criticism
Notable works	The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales
Children	John Francis (1917–2003), Michael Hilary (1920–1984), Christopher John (1924–2020), Priscilla Anne (b. 1929)

Novelist J.R.R. Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa on January 3, 1892. He dies at the age of 81, on September 2, 1973.

The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy were written by an English author, poet, and lecturer. He was named one of the 50 greatest English authors since 1945 by The Times, a London newspaper, and he is largely regarded as the founder of the contemporary fantasy genre.

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J.R.R. Tolkien was born in the Zodiac sign Capricorn (The Sea-Goat), and 1892 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Dragon (龍).

He started reading at the age of four and graduated with honors from Exeter College, Oxford, in 1915. After serving in the British Army during World War I, he obtained a position in Anglo-Saxon literature at Oxford's Pembroke College.

He drew inspiration for the legends of Middle-earth from Old English stories such as Beowulf. During WWII, he also worked as a codebreaker.

He and his younger brother were born in South Africa to Mabel Suffield Tolkien and English banker Arthur Reuel Tolkien. ^NovelistJ.R.R. Tolkien married ^{Family Member}Edith Mary Bratt in 1916, and she became the inspiration for several of his fantasy characters, most notably Arwen Evenstar and Luthien Tinuviel. ^NovelistChristopher, Michael, and John were his sons, while Priscilla was his daughter.

J.R.R. Tolkien on Facebook: @officialtolkien.

He was good friends with ^{Children's Author}C.S. Lewis, the author, and they were both members of the Inklings, a literary club.

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