J.R.R . Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien CBE FRSL, known by his pen name J. R. R. Tolkien, was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor who is best known as the author of the classic high-fantasy

Born: January 3, 1892, Bloemfontein, South Africa

Died: September 2, 1973, Bournemouth

Buried: Wolvercote Cemetery, Oxford

He was amry 1915 to1920

He wrote the Hobbit

The name “Tolkien” (pron.: Tol-keen; equal stress on both syllables) is believed to be of German origin;