John Ronald Reul Tolkien was an English writer and philologist, JRR Tolkien was born 3rd January 1892 and died 2nd September 1973 because of a bleeding ulcer and chest Infection. Tolkien was the professor of Rawlinson and Bosworth of Oxford Anglo-Saxon and Pembroke College, both at University of Oxford. Tolkien had constructed the books, which are still famous to this day; The Lord of The Rings The Hobbit.
Young J.R.R Tolkien
At the age of four, JRR Tolkien, his mother and brother settled back in Birmingham (in England). They settled after his father died in South Africa 15 February 1896 because of rheumetic fever. In 1900 Tolkiens mother converted to Roman Catholism, shortly after she died on November 1904 which the boys became wards of a Catholic Priest. Young Tolkien was interested in landscapes and trees, his mother had taught him rudiments of Latin everyday. JRR Tolkien could read by the age of four and could write fluently afterwards. Tolkien had fallen in love with Edith Bratt, 1908. Edith Bratt had inspired one of his characters ; Lúthien Tinúviel however, JRR Tolkiens guardian said he wasn’t allowed to marry until his 21st birthday. In the meantime, JRR Tolkien attended at King Edward’s school in Birmingham and Exeter College, Oxford.
Youth
But what did Tolkien do before writing his books? Tolkien was studying Latin and Anglo-Saxon, he had his first face with a constructed language, “Animalic”, a language of his cousins. Their interest of the language soon died out but Tolkien and his cousins invented a more refined and complex language call “Nevbosh”. Around 10 June 1909 he composed “The Book of the Foxrook”, a sixteen page notebook. In October 1925, he had returned to teach in Oxford as Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon, with a fellowship at Pembroke College.
His novels
What was JRR Tolkiens first novel? Yep! You guessed it, it is “The Hobbit” – 1937, a children’s book. What inspired him to make this book? Tolkien worth The Hobbit in an effort to interface two library interests, a mythology of England and stories for his children. His second book was named “The Fellowship of the Ring” : being the first part of The Lord of The Rings – 1954, the second edition was made in 1966. One of the world’s most famous books that continues the tale of the ring Bilbo found in The Hobbit and what comes next do it, and what come next for it, and him. And his last book ; “The fall of Gondolin” -1927 was his last book before death. JRR Tolkiens last novel was about the battle of the forces between Gondolin under the King Turgon and Morgoth, after Maeglin had betrayed the city’s hidden location. The book was based about comparing the fall of a city to the tragic story of real ancient cities such as Rome, Troy, or Babylon.
Extra-ordinary facts about JRR Tolkien !
JRR Tolkien had created exactly 15 languages named; Quenya-created for his high elves, Sindarin , Black Speech, Nandorin, etc..
Tolkien served in the British army during World War 1.
Tolkien had considered himself as a hobbit ! Small, in love with good food, and smoked a pipe. He even dressed in waistcoats !
Two of Tolkiens friends had died in World War 1.
In 1945, Tolkien was awarded the Merton Professor of English Language and Literature at Oxford, a position he held until his retirement in 1959.
To conclude, we can all agree that JRR Tolkien, John Ronald Reul Tolkien is an amazing author who invented more than 29 fascinating books throughout his 81 years of his life. JRR Tolkien made many interesting languages and was a great English Language and Literature teacher. He had retired in 1959 and died 1973, what do you think about his stories ?
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