Introduction
Have you ever heard of J. R. R. Tolkien. Because if you haven’t I’ll tell you about him. J. R. R. Tolkien is the author of the Hobbit book. On January 3rd 1892 one the greatest authors of all time was born.
Achievements
J. R. R. Tolkien made exactly 21 movies all together. Also he has won 34 awards, along with that he sold 100 million copies of his book the hobbit, which made him £190,577 which is equivalent to £2,911,00 which would make him a multimillionaire. That is a very hard goal to achieve, in NZD that would be $514,728.84 which is a lot of money.
Early life
J. R. R. Tolkien’s family was in poverty during his upbringing, eventually moving to a place named Moseley, a suburb of Birmingham which is north west of Sare hole. Later on in life when he was around 12, J. R. R. Tolkien’s mother had passed away so he and his brother were made wards of a catholic priest.
Late life
As J. R. R. Tolkien grew older so did his popularity/public attention. One of his many friends C. S. Lewis nominated him for the Nobel prize. Also the sales of his book got so high he regretted not choosing early retirement, fun fact J. R. R. Tolkien grew so popular he had to take his phone number out of the public telephone directory.
Xtra stuff about J. R. R. Tolkien
He died on second of September 1973; he was in fact adopted; he had no pets; he died from a bleeding ulcer and a chest infection; his wife’s name was Edith Tolkien; his mum and dad was Maybel Tolkien and Arthur Tolkien; his brother‘s name was Arthur Reuel Tolkien; his kids names were Christopher Tolkien; Michal Tolkien; Priscilla Reuel Tolkien; John Francis Tolkien.
Conclusion
In conclusion JR token is a great man with many achievements and has done a lot like fight in war, get rich and have a family and he has a great family and went from an underdog on to on top of the world.