J.R.R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on the 3rd of January 1892 in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State in Africa.
As a small child Tolkien was bitten by a tarantula and though he cant remember the incident well and has no specail hatred for spiders he aften has written stories that speak of giant man eating spiders.
Tolkiens father died on the 15th of febuary 1896. his mother, him, and his brother all had to move in with his mothers parents in Birmingham, England.during this time Tolkien grew closer to his moms side of the family and lost more and more contection to his fathers side.
They later moved to 5 Gracewell of the hamlet of Sarehole, here him and his younger brother would go explore surounding farms and mills calling there owners ogres and running away trying not to get eaten.
Farmer Maggot a character in the Lord of the Rings chases merry, pippin, sam, and frodo for stealing mushrooms just as tolkien and his brother were chased for stealing mushrooms from a nearby farmer.
Stephen King admited that he looked up to J.J.R. Tolkien and that The Gunslinger was based off his fealings from the Lord of the Rings.
Tolkien is the author to the most famous fantasy books ever to be written the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit.
From the very begining Tolkein had been working on a book called the Silmarillion, a Chronicling ofmiddle earth and all of its inhabitants, he didnt finish it before his death on the 2nd of September 1973.
After Tolkiens death his son Christopher Tolkien compiled his notes and published the Silmarillion and the Children of Hurin.
In 1945 Tolkien was elected Merton Professor of English Linguage and Literature at Oxford.
As a small child Tolkien was bitten by a tarantula and though he cant remember the incident well and has no specail hatred for spiders he aften has written stories that speak of giant man eating spiders.
Tolkiens father died on the 15th of febuary 1896. his mother, him, and his brother all had to move in with his mothers parents in Birmingham, England.during this time Tolkien grew closer to his moms side of the family and lost more and more contection to his fathers side.
They later moved to 5 Gracewell of the hamlet of Sarehole, here him and his younger brother would go explore surounding farms and mills calling there owners ogres and running away trying not to get eaten.
Farmer Maggot a character in the Lord of the Rings chases merry, pippin, sam, and frodo for stealing mushrooms just as tolkien and his brother were chased for stealing mushrooms from a nearby farmer.
Stephen King admited that he looked up to J.J.R. Tolkien and that The Gunslinger was based off his fealings from the Lord of the Rings.
Tolkien is the author to the most famous fantasy books ever to be written the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit.
From the very begining Tolkein had been working on a book called the Silmarillion, a Chronicling ofmiddle earth and all of its inhabitants, he didnt finish it before his death on the 2nd of September 1973.
After Tolkiens death his son Christopher Tolkien compiled his notes and published the Silmarillion and the Children of Hurin.
In 1945 Tolkien was elected Merton Professor of English Linguage and Literature at Oxford.