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J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 3 January 1892
- Died
- 2 September 1973
- Conflict
- World War I, Battle of the Somme
- Place of birth
- Bloemfontein
- Place of death
- Bournemouth
- Sex or gender
- male
- Family name
- Tolkien
- Father
- Arthur Reuel Tolkien
- Mother
- Mabel Suffield
- Spouse
- Edith Tolkien
- Sibling
- Hilary Arthur Reuel Tolkien
- Movement
- Inklings
- Genre
- fantasy, children's literature, poetry, prose
- Field of work
- literature, English-language literature, fantasy literature, linguistics, history of literature
- Occupation
- linguist, poet, university teacher, children's writer, translator, literary critic, essayist, military officer, author, writer, historian, illustrator
- Position held
- Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Native language
- English
- Religion
- traditionalist Catholicism, Catholicism
- Awards
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Prometheus Award - Hall of Fame, Nebula Award for Best Script, Nebula Award for Best Script, Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, Nebula Award for Best Script, Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form, Ditmar Award
- ancestral home
- Kluczbork
- archives at
- Marquette University Special Collections and University Archives, University of Leeds Libraries
- bibliography
- J. R. R. Tolkien bibliography
- cause of death
- bronchopneumonia, ulcer
- copyright representative
- reproduction right not represented by CISAC member
- described by source
- Dictionary of African Biography, Iedereen Leest, ProDetLit, Lexicon van de jeugdliteratuur, Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction
- different from
- Tolkien, Johannes Tolkiehn
- end of work period
- 1973
- ethnic group
- English people
- family
- Tolkien family
- fandom
- Tolkien fandom
- honorific suffix
- CBE
- influenced by
- George MacDonald, Edward Wyke-Smith, Jules Verne, H. Rider Haggard, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Edward Burne-Jones, William Morris, G. K. Chesterton, Elias Lönnrot, Beowulf
- interested in
- conlanging
- languages spoken, written or signed
- English, Old English, Latin, Quenya, Sindarin, Khuzdûl, Esperanto
- manner of death
- natural causes
- military branch
- British Army
- military, police or special rank
- Lieutenant
- name in native language
- John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
- net worth
- 190577
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Literature, Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Prometheus Award, Locus Award for Best Collection, Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
- notable work
- The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, Tree and Leaf, Roverandom, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
- number of children
- 4
- patient of
- Robert Havard
- place of burial
- Oxford, Wolvercote Cemetery
- pseudonym
- Oxymore
- residence
- Birmingham
- short name
- J. R. R. Tolkien
- start of work period
- 1937
- studied by
- Tolkien research
- topic has template
- Template:J. R. R. Tolkien
- topic's main category
- Category:J. R. R. Tolkien
- work location
- Oxford
- writing language
- English
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