John R. Tolkien's Accomplishments

John R. R. Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892. He was only 4 years old when his father died from complications of Rheumatic Fever. John was also able to write and read fluently by this age. In 1911 he began studying at Oxford. Soon after he received a degree in both Literature and English Language, he enlisted in the British army in 1915. Tolkien’s time in the military inspired two of his most famous works, The Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit.

Tolkien met his future wife, Edith, when he was 16. Although his foster father didn’t approve of him being with her because she would obstruct his work, he still ended up with her in 1916. He was apart from her for an extensive number of years while he served in the military. Tolkien was reluctant when enlisting in the army, and he expressed it in a letter to his wife. He said that parting from Edith was akin to death. John

It is probable that tanks are what shaped Tolkien’s early ideas for his fantastical dragons that were both machine and creature. He used the grim world around him and the people he fought alongside as a guide for creating some of his characters. Tolkien was assigned position of the battalion signalling officer. However, his serving in the army was put to a stop when he contracted trench fever.

While in the hospital, he started to write down Middle Earth’s mythology. The Hobbit was finally published in 1937, this was a prequel to the famous The Lord of The Rings trilogy. Since it was very well liked, Tolkien began to work on his next piece, the first book the trilogy, Fellowship of The Ring. This sequel was published in 1954 after meticulous review. He worked on this for 17 long years, and was often impeded by his duties as air raid warden and university matters. He would eventually become the Merton Professor of Literature and English Language at Oxford, the school he attended in his earlier