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J. R. R. Tolkien

Author · born January 3, 1892 · died 1973

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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English writer and academic philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954–1955).

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  1. 45Notable work: The HobbitSeptember 21, 1937
  2. ~62Notable work: The Lord of the Rings1954
  3. ~70Notable work: The Adventures of Tom Bombadil1962

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