J. R. R. Tolkien

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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."


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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


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