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J.R.R Tolkien (Whose full name is John Ronald Reuel Tolkien) was born in Bloemfontein on January 3, 1892.
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Sometime in 1896, when Tolkien was just four years old, his father died of peritonitis. His mother moved them to England, where she could be closer to her family.
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Mabel Tolkien died in 1904. J. R. R. Tolkien and his little brother Hilary went to live with a relative. They sent them to live in boarding homes. A Catholic Priest eventually took guardianship of them.
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Tolkien went to Exeter College from 1911-1915, where he eventaully earned his first-class degree.
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J.R.R. Tolkien served in World War I. He married Edith Bratt while serving. He was eventually released from duty because of illness.
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Edith Bratt and J.R.R. Tolkien had three children. The oldest, John Tolkien, was born in 1917. Christopher Tolkien was born in1924. Priscilla Tolkien, J.R.R. Tolkien only dauhter, is the youngest and was born in1924.
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Tolkien worked at the University of Leeds before he worked at Oxford. He was part of the faculty. After working at Leeds for a while, he became a professor at Oxford University. He was a Professor there from 1925 to 1959.
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J.R.R. Tolkien wrote the Hobbit while working at Oxford University. It was published in 1937.
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J.R.R. Tolkien formed a writing club while working at Oxford University; the club was called “the Inklings”. C.S Lewis and Owen Barfield were members.
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J.R.R. Tolkien's trilogy "The Lord of The Rings" was partly based off of old European myths. The first book was published in 1954, and the last two books were published in 1955.
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Edith Bratt, J.R.R Tolkiens wife died in 1971. She was 82 years old.
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J.R.R Tolkien died on September 2, 1973. He was 81 years old.
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