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J.R.R. Tolkien

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English author, poet, and professor who wrote The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy. He was ranked by The Times, a London newspaper, as one of the 50 greatest English authors since 1945 and he is widely considered to be the father of the mode

  • When was
    J.R.R. Tolkien born?

    J.R.R. Tolkien was born on Sunday, January 3, 1892

  • Where was
    J.R.R. Tolkien born?

    J.R.R. Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa

  • How old is
    J.R.R. Tolkien?

    J.R.R. Tolkien is 132

Best Quotes

  • Tall ships and tall kings Three times three What brought they from the foundered land Over the flowing sea? Seven stars and seven stones And one white tree
  • The world is grey, the mountains old, The forge's fire is ashen-cold; No harp is wrung, no hammer falls: The darkness dwells in Durin's halls; The shadow lies upon his tomb In Moria, in Khazad-dum. But still the sunken stars appear In dark and windless Mirrormere; There lies his crown in water deep, Till Durin wakes again from sleep.

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