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Tolkien J(ohn) R(onald) R(euel). 1892--1973, British philologist and writer, born in South Africa. He is best known for The Hobbit (1937), the trilogy The Lord of the Rings (1954--55), and the posthumously published The Silmarillion (1977) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary The later parenthetical phrase always brings to my mind a picture of Tolkien carefully laying out all his story notes and linguistic references on the dining table, deliberately and thoughtfully beginning to craft the next few chapters of his epic ten minutes before Mrs. Tolkien and about $4 billion in worldwide box office receipts. |
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