Born in South Africa in 1892 to English parents and resident of the United Kingdom from 1895 until his death in 1973, J. R. R. Tolkien is the most prominent fantasy writer of the twentieth century. He is beloved for his epic fantasy trilogy, The Lord...

Born in Bloemfontein, South Africa on January 3, fantasist, philologist, and critic John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892–1973) served in France during World War I and saw action at the Battle of the Somme. He completed his undergraduate studies at...

(born January 3, 1892, Bloemfontein, South Africa—died September 2, 1973, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England) English writer and scholar who achieved fame with his children's book The Hobbit (1937) and his richly inventive epic fantasy The Lord of...

(born Jan. 3, 1892, Bloemfontein, S.Af.—died Sept. 2, 1973, Bournemouth, Hampshire, Eng.) South African-born English novelist and scholar. A professor of Anglo-Saxon and of English language and literature at Oxford (1925–59), Tolkien...

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE (IPA: /ËtoÊl.kiËn/[1]) (3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English philologist, writer and university professor, best known as the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. He was an Oxford professor of...