Introduction
J.R.R Tolkien was an amazing author of a lot of books ,and was born 3 January 1892 , in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Who is J.R.R Tolkien?
John Ronald Renul Tolkien was a author and a major scholar of the English language, specializing in old and middle English. He was also a teacher twice of Anglo-Saxon (old English) at the university of Oxford. He had some of the best books in 20th century. A cool fact is that he created races, like trolls, elves, dwarves and goblins! He made books like the lord of Rings ,Hobbit, and lots more! he is the most famous for the book” The Hobbit”. He made this book in September 21, 1937.
CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH
After their return to England Tolkien’s father, Arthur, manager of the Bloemfontein branch of the bank of Africa, died of rheumatic fever in 1896. Tolkien mother Mabel soon fell ill as well died from diabetes in November 1904. the two sons John and Hilary got put into a orphanage. Tolkien son’s became wards of father Francis Morgan of the Birmingham Oratory. J.R.R Tolkien got put into Mrs. Faulkner’s boarding school; he ended boarding school after 20 years he got a scholarship to attend Exeter college, at university of Oxford. He ended college in 1915 with first class honors.
WAR, LOST TALES AND ACADEMIA
J.R.R Tolkien took part in the first war, know as the Great war. His friends got killed in war, J.R.R Tolkien was every sorry. After 12 years he published the OED ( Oxford English Dictionary). He also wrote songs for philologist. In 1916 before J.R.R Tolkien went to war he got married to Edith Bratt. Edith gave birth to a child in 1929 of 18 November her name was Priscilla Reuel Tolkien. Edith had two son’s :Michael Hilary Reuel in October in 1920,Christophor Reuel in 1924. Then in 1925 the Rawlinson and Bosworth professorship of Anglo- Saxon at Oxford university fell vacant; Tolkien successfully applied for the post.
ACHIVEMENT AND OTHER WRITING
Despite all the fuss over ” The lord of the Rings” between 1925 and his death Tolkien did write and did write and publish a number of other article. His biggest achievement was the book Hobbit. In 1980 Christopher Tolkien also published the selection of his father’s incomplete writings from his later years; under the title of unfinished Númenor and middle earth. The Hobbit and The lord of Rings are extremely well acclaimed and recognized and have been regarded as some of the greatest pieces of literature of all time, but is Tolkien work , stories besides the Hobbit and The lord of the Rings, which include the silmarillion, The children of Húrin, Beren and Lúthien. Tolkien was made a commander of the order of the British empire in 1972 New year Honors and received the insignia of the order ar Buckingham Palace on 28 march 1772. In the same year Oxford University gave him an honorary doctorate of letters.
FINISH
J.R.R Tolkien retired from teaching in 1959 and began to revise The Silmarillion. In 1968,he and Edith moved to Bournemouth, a middle-class British resort town. Edith died in 1971 from complications of gall-bladder illeness,and Tolkien moved back to Oxford.Soon J.R.R Tolkien daughter took secretarial work in Bristol and Birmingham, where she observed urban poverty that led her into a career is social work. J.R.R Tolkien had the name Lúthien engraved on Edith’s tombstone at Wolvercote cemetery, Oxford. When Tolkien died 21 months later on 2 september 1973 from a bleeding ulcer and chest infection. At the age of 81. He was buried in the same grave,with “Beren” added to his name.
CONCLUSION
So now you know John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was a great man and Author, he was amazing books. Also his life is very inspirational for a lot of people’.
– HARLEEN KAUR
