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English writer and philologist (–)

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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (,^[a] 3 January – 2 September ) was an English writer and philologist.

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He was the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

From to , 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 until his retirement in 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

After Tolkien's death, his son Christopher published a series of works based on his father's extensive notes and unpublished ma