{"id":2877,"date":"2025-06-14T04:06:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T04:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/mediabox\/?p=2877"},"modified":"2025-06-15T02:28:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T02:28:57","slug":"j-r-r-tolkein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/mediabox\/j-r-r-tolkein\/","title":{"rendered":"J.R.R. Tolkein"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"J.R.R. Tolkien (Author of The Hobbit &amp; The Lord of the Rings) | Why You Should Read\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2LRE5QdvTRY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Name<\/td><td>John Ronald Reuel Tolkien<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Famous As<\/td><td>Writer, Worldbuilder, Linguist<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dates<\/td><td>1892 &#8211; 1973<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Links<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/J._R._R._Tolkien\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (3 January 1892 \u2013 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From 1925 to 1945, Tolkien was the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon and a Fellow of Pembroke College, both at the University of Oxford. He then moved within the same university to become the Merton Professor of English Language and Literature and Fellow of Merton College, and held these positions from 1945 until his retirement in 1959. Tolkien was a close friend of C. S. Lewis, a co-member of the informal literary discussion group The Inklings. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II on 28 March 1972.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/mediabox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/tolkein.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/mediabox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/tolkein.png 500w, https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/mediabox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/tolkein-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/mediabox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/tolkein-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Favorite Works<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/mediabox\/beowulf\/\">Beowulf Translation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/mediabox\/the-hobbit\/\">The Hobbit<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/mediabox\/the-fellowship-of-the-ring\/\">The Lord of the Rings<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/7332.The_Silmarillion?from_search=true&amp;from_srp=true&amp;qid=ySLVHk8Q12&amp;rank=1\">The Silmarillion<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name John Ronald Reuel Tolkien Famous As Writer, Worldbuilder, Linguist Dates 1892 &#8211; 1973 Links Wikipedia John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (3 January 1892 \u2013 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. 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