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J.R.R. Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) was a major scholar of the English language, specialising in Old and Middle English. Twice Professor of Anglo-Saxon (Old English) at the University of Oxford, he also wrote a number of stories, including most famously The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954-1955), which are set in a pre-historic era in an invented version of the world which he called by the Middle English name of Middle-earth. This was peopled by Men (and women), Elves, Dwarves, Trolls, Orcs (or Goblins) and of course Hobbits. He has regularly been condemned by the Eng. Lit. establishment, with honourable exceptions, but loved by literally millions of readers worldwide.

In the 1960s he was taken up by many members of the nascent "counter-culture" largely because of his concern with environmental issues. In 1997 he came top of three British polls, organised respectively by Channel 4 / Waterstone's, the Folio Society, and SFX, the UK's leading science fiction media magazine, amongst discerning readers asked to vote for the greatest book of the 20th century.

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British writer and philologist (1892–1973)

Born 3 January 1892
Died 2 September 1973

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  • Cover of: Opowiesci z Niebezpiecznego Krolestwa, wersja ilustrowana

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  • Cover of: Tengwesta qenderinwa and pre-Fëanorian alphabets

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  • Cover of: Angles and Britons. O'Donnell Lectures

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  • Cover of: גילס האכר מפרזון: הרפתקאותיו המפלאות ועליתו־לגדלה של גילס האכר, רבונו־של־הנכנע, רוזן חצר־הדרקון ומלך הממלכה הקטנה

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  • Cover of: Tolkien Diary 2002
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  • Cover of: Tolkien, Lord of the Rings Box Set (Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

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  • Cover of: [The Great Tales of Middle-earth 3 Book set: Children of Húrin, Beren and Lúthien, and The Fall of Gondolin] by J.R.R. Tolkien

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  • Cover of: Ḥavurat ha-ṭabaʻat

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  • Cover of: The J.R.R. Tolkien Audio Collection

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British writer and philologist (1892–1973)

Born 3 January 1892
Died 2 September 1973

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Middle Earth (Imaginary place), Middle earth (imaginary place), fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, fantasy, general, Fiction, English Fantasy fiction, History and criticism, Fiction, fantasy, epic, Tolkien, j, r. r. (john ronald ruel), 1892-1973, English literature, Fantasy fiction, Baggins, frodo (fictitious character), fiction, English Fantasy literature, Gandalf (fictitious character), fiction, Fantasy, Poetry, Children's fiction, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Textual Criticism, Fantasy fiction, history and criticism, Middle earth (imaginary place), Fairy tales, Ficción, Imaginary languages in literature, Open Library Staff Picks

Places

Middle Earth, England, Middle-earth, Middle Earth (Imaginary place), Gondor, Isengard, Middle-Earth, Mordor, Rivendell, Tierra Media, Valinor, Bree, Edoras, Fangorn Forest, Iron Hills, Ithilien, Lake-town, Little Kingdom (fictional place), Lonely Mountain, Milwaukee, Minas Tirith, Mirkwood, Misty Mountains, Mount Doom, Númenor

People

J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973), Gandalf, Elrond, Gollum, Sauron, Bilbo Baggins, Boromir, Frodo Baggins, Gimli, Legolas, Shelob, The Man in the Moon, Tom Bombadil, Túrin, Éomer, Aragorn, Bard the Bowman, Beorn, Celeborn, Christopher Tolkien, Denethor, Elendil, Faramir, Galadriel, Gríma Wormtongue

Time

20th century, First Age, Middle Ages, Prehistory, Second Age, Third Age, 10th century, 1920s, 1920s-1930s, 1920s-1940s, 20e siècle, Early Middle Ages, F.A. 500s, Fictional pre-history, Middle English, 1100-1500, Old English, ca. 450-1100, The End of the Third Age, The First Age, The end of the third age, Third-Age, War of the Ring

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  • John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
  • Dzhon R. R. Tolkin
  • Yue Han Luo Na De Rui Er Tuo Er Jin
  • J. R. R. Tolkien
  • John R. R. Tolkien
  • Tolkien
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  • J R R Tolkien
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