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Elias Knell Page 1
Years
Description
1892
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien is born on January 3rd in Bloemfontein.
1895
Mother, Mabel Tolkien, returns with the sons to England.
1896
Father, Arthur Tolkien, dies in South Africa. Mother with the sons moves to Birmingham suburb and begins to teach Ronald Latin, French and drawing.
1904
Mother, Mabel Tolkien, dies of diabetes. She was 34 years old. Ronald and his brother Hilary become wards of Father Morgan, a priest at the Birmingham Oratory.
1906 - 1911
Ronald studies Old English himself and begins to develop his own languages.
1908
Orphaned boys move to Aunt\'s, Mrs Faulkner, home in Birmingham.
1909
Ronald falls in love with Edith Bratt, his wife-to-be He fails the exams on obtaining Oxford grant.
1914
Ronald finds his sweetheart Edith Bratt. The War I is declared Tolkien returns to Oxford to finish his degree.
1915
Awarded First Class Honours degree in English language and Literature.
1916
Marries Edith Bratt in Warwick. Goes to war in France. Sees action on the Somme as second lieutenant. In November is returned to England with shell shock.
1917
While recovering begins to write \"The Simarillion\". Birth of the first son, John.
1920
Appointed Reader in English Language at Leeds University. Birth of the second son, Michael Begins to write Father Christmas Letters.
1924
Tolkien becomes a professor of English Language at Leeds. Birth of the third son, Christopher.
1926
Tolkien meets C.S. Lewis (the author of the famous "Chronicles of Narnia") and their friendship blossoms.
1929
Birth of the fourth child, Priscilla.
1930
Tolkien becomes one of the founder members of \"The Inklings\". Begins to write the first version of \"The Hobbit\".
1936
Tolkien completes \"The Hobbit\". Delivers his lecture \"Beowulf\": \"The Monsters and the Critics\".
1937
\"The Hobbit\" is published. Tolkien begins to write a sequel, which becomes \"The Lord of the Rings\" in future.
1939
Tolkien delivers his lecture "on Fairy stories\". 16 chapters of "the Lord of the Rings" are written.
1947
Draft of \"The Lord of the Rings\" is sent to publishers.
1948
\"The Lord of the Rings\" is completed.
1954
"The Fellowship of the Ring" and "The Two Towers" (part One and Two) are published .
1955
Publication of \"The Lord of the Rings\", part Three.
1959
Tolkien's retirement.
1965
American editions of \"The Lord of the Rings\" are published and campus cult of the novel begins.
1971
Edith Tolkien on November 29th dies, aged 82
1972
Receives CBE from the Queen
1973
J.R.R. Tolkien dies on September 2nd, aged 81
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