• ​Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford.

• Author of The Hobbit (1937) & Lord of the Rings (1954 - 1955)

• Creator of languages​

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Who was Tolkien?

• Edith Bratt

• Forced to stop contact for 3 years

• Married March 22, 1916

Love

• Form the T.C.B.S. (Tea Club, Barrovian Society)

• Separated by War

• Named his son after one​

Friendship

John Ronald Reuel

Lúthien & Beren

• Tolkien grew bored while grading essays.

• Wrote on the back "In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit."

• Decided to find out what a hobbit was. ​

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"In a hole in the ground..."

• ​Published in 1937

• ​Widely successful

• Audiobooks, cartoon movie (1977), many other pop culture influences.​

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The Hobbit

• Published 1954 - 1955

• Continued the story started in The Hobbit.

• Focused on the War of the Rings & the End of the 3rd Age.

• Included different languages, songs, and all of the things Tolkien loved.​

​Lord of the Rings

• Christopher takes over Ronald's literary legacy.

• Published The Silmarillion in 1977.

• Continues editing and publishing stories ​until his death in 2020.

• Peter Jackson used many of the stories for The Hobbit adaptation.

Legacy