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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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Born 3 January 1892
Died 2 September 1973

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  • Cover of: History of Middle-Earth Box Set #2: The Lays of Beleriand / the Shaping of Middle-Earth / the Lost Road

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  • Cover of: History of Middle-Earth Box Set #1: The Silmarillion / Unfinished Tales / Book of Lost Tales, Part One / Book of Lost Tales, Part Two

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  • Cover of: Historia de la Tierra Media nº 07/09 El Anillo de Morgoth

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  • Cover of: History of Middle-Earth Box Set #3: The Return of the Shadow / the Treason of Isengard / the War of the Ring / Sauron Defeated

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  • Cover of: J. R. R. Tolkien Deluxe Edition Collection: The Children of Húrin, the Silmarillion, the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings

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  • Cover of: Opowiesci z Niebezpiecznego Krolestwa, wersja ilustrowana

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  • Cover of: Sipurim mi-mamlekhet ha-sakanah

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  • Cover of: Tehlikeli Diyardan Oykuler

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  • Cover of: The Silmarillion of Beren and Lúthien

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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: Map Middle Earth

    First published in 1972 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The 1990 J.R.R. Tolkein Calend

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  • Cover of: Campaign and Adventure: Guide Book for Middle Earth

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  • Cover of: Le Royaume de Tolkien: Vision des Terres-du-Milieu

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  • Cover of: Vozvrashchenie Beorkhtnota

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  • Cover of: Basil Bunting and J.R.R. Tolkien (Author Speaks)

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  • Cover of: Cuentos Inconclusos Tomo III y IV

    First published in 1991 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: J.R.R. Tolkien reads and sings from his Lord.

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  • Cover of: J.R.R. Tolkien Soundbook/Audio Cassettes/Sbc 101

    First published in 1987 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Middle English "Losenger": sketch of an etymological and semantic enquiry

    First published in 1953 — 1 edition
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Born 3 January 1892
Died 2 September 1973

Subjects

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

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
  • J. R.R. Tolkien
  • J R R Tolkien
  • J.R.R.Tolkien

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