J. R. R. Tolkien

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academic fantasy writer human novelist philologist poet professor short story writer translator writer

J. R. R. Tolkien was an English writer, philologist, and academic best known as the author of the high-fantasy novels "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings."

Aliases (4)

Statements (90)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic → fantasy writer → human → novelist → philologist → poet → professor → short story writer → translator → writer →
academicDegree	Bachelor of Arts → Master of Arts →
awardReceived	Commander of the Order of the British Empire →
burialPlace	Wolvercote Cemetery →
causeOfDeath	bleeding ulcer → chest infection →
child	Christopher John Reuel Tolkien → John Francis Reuel Tolkien → Michael Hilary Reuel Tolkien → Priscilla Mary Anne Reuel Tolkien →
conflict	World War I →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
dateAwarded	1972 →
dateOfBirth	1892-01-03 →
dateOfDeath	1973-09-02 →
dateOfMarriage	1916-03-22 →
educatedAt	Exeter College, Oxford NERFINISHED → King Edward's School, Birmingham → University of Oxford NERFINISHED →
employer	University of Leeds → University of Oxford NERFINISHED →
ethnicGroup	English →
familyName	Tolkien →
fieldOfWork	fantasy literature → linguistics → medieval literature → philology →
fullName	John Ronald Reuel Tolkien →
genre	fantasy → high fantasy → mythopoeia →
givenName	John → Reuel → Ronald →
hasPart	legendarium of Middle-earth →
hasSignature	signature of J. R. R. Tolkien →
influenced	C. S. Lewis → fantasy literature → modern fantasy writers →
influencedBy	Finnish mythology → Norse mythology → Old English literature → William Morris →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	Fellowship of the Royal Society of Literature → Inklings →
militaryBranch	British Army →
nativeLanguage	English →
notableIdea	constructed languages in fiction → legendarium of Middle-earth →
notableWork	The Children of Húrin → The Fellowship of the Ring → The Hobbit → The Lord of the Rings → The Return of the King → The Silmarillion → The Two Towers → Unfinished Tales →
occupation	linguist → novelist → philologist → poet → translator → university teacher → writer →
placeOfBirth	Bloemfontein → Orange Free State →
placeOfDeath	Bournemouth → England → United Kingdom →
positionHeld	Merton Professor of English Language and Literature → Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
residence	Birmingham → Oxford →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Edith Mary Tolkien → Edith Tolkien →
workLocation	Oxford →

Referenced by (41)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Aragorn → Bilbo Baggins → Frodo Baggins → Gandalf → Legolas → Middle-earth → Samwise Gamgee → Smaug → Thorin Oakenshield →	creator
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies → The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring → The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King →	basedOnAuthor
Beowulf → Poetic Edda → William Morris →	influenced
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey → The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers →	authorOfSourceWork
Gimli → Gollum →	createdBy
Neil Gaiman → Ursula K. Le Guin →	influencedBy
Merton College, Oxford → University of Oxford →	notableAlumni
George Allen & Unwin → Harper & Row →	notableAuthorPublished
The Hobbit →	author
The Hobbit film trilogy →	basedOnWorkAuthor
Sauron (voice and motion capture) →	basedOnWorkBy
Richard Armitage →	basedOnWorkOf
J. R. R. Tolkien ("John Francis Reuel Tolkien") →	child
J. R. R. Tolkien ("Tolkien") →	familyName
J. R. R. Tolkien ("John Ronald Reuel Tolkien") →	fullName
The Viking Press →	hasAuthorPublished
The Hobbit →	illustrator
Nicholas Hoult ("Tolkien") →	knownFor
Exeter College, Oxford →	notableAlumnus
Oxford English Dictionary →	notableContributor
Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame induction →	notableInductee
The Lord of the Rings film trilogy →	originalAuthor
Nicholas Hoult ("J.R.R. Tolkien") →	playedCharacter
Nicholas Hoult ("Tolkien") →	workTitle