J. R. R. Tolkien

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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (3 Æfterra Gēola, 1892 – 2 Hāligmōnaþ, 1973) wæs scōlere geþēoda and geþēodcræftes, leornere, and wrītere Þæs Holbytlan and his æftergengena: Se Hlāford þāra Hringa.

Hē wæs leorningcniht æt Ēadweardes Cyninges Scōle, Beorminghāme. Fram 1925 oþ 1945, worhte hē swā Professor þǣre Ealdan Engliscan sprǣce æt þǣm University Oxanfordes, and swā Professor Nīwre engliscre sprǣce and Stæfcræftes, ēac æt Oxanforde, of 1945 tō 1959. Hē wæs scīnende wordbōcmann and andwīs in þǣm Engliscum and Norrenum geþēodum. Hē tōlōcode þone bōclican smēaungcircule þā Inklings, þus hæfde hē strangan frēondscipe mid C. S. Lewise.

Ēac þǣm mǣrum geweorcum (Se Holbytla and Se Hlāford þāra Hringa) Tolkien wrāt ymbe ōðra bēc, þæt his sunu hæfþ æfter his dēaðe onlīesed, ymbe þā angetimbrodan worulde Middangeardes (on Nīwum englisce: "Middle-earth"), þǣr his spell weorþaþ, tō bisene Se Silmarillion. Sēo þrohtge mǣrsung þissa bōca cȳþaþ Tolkiene swā fæder þæs todæges high fantasy genres.

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Tolkien wæs geboren in Bloemfonteine in þǣm Orange Free State (todæg in Sūþafrican). His fæder wæs Arthur Tolkien, Englisc bank manager, and his mōdor wæs Mabel Tolkien (mægdennama Suffield). As far as is known, mæst Tolkienes fæderes ieldrena wǣron cræftsmenn. His fæderes cynn wæron of Seaxe, Þēodisclande gecumen, ac hīe wunodon in Englalande þæs þe 18a gēarhundrede. Se æfternama Tolkien wæs engliscode of Tollkiehn (i.e. Þēodisc tollkühn, "dol-cene"). Se mann "Professor Rashbold" in The Notion Club Papers is pun wiþ þǣm name. Tolkien hæfde nāna swēostor and ænne brōðor, Hilary Arthur Reuel Tolkien, þæt wæs on 17 Solmōnaþ, 1894.

Þā hē wæs þrēogēare, Tolkien ēode tō Englalande mid his mēder and brēðer on what was intended to be a lengthy family visit. His fæder wæs in Sūþafrican gefaren of a severe brain haemorrhage before he could join them. This left the family without an income, so Tolkienes modor brōhte him wunian mid hire ealdorum in Birminghame for a short hwile. Sona after, in 1896, they moved to Sarehole, then a Warwickscire village, later annexed to Birmingham. He enjoyed exploring Sarehole Mill and Moseley Bog, which would later inspire scenes in his bōcum.