John Ronald Reuel Tolkien:
(Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa, 3 January 1892 – Bournemouth, United Kingdom, 2 September 1973).
English philologist, poet and professor of English language and literature. He became best known as the author of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, making him the father of modern fantasy literature.
Tolkien was professor of Anglo-Saxon language at Oxford University from 1925 to 1945 and professor of English language and literature at Merton College, also part of Oxford University, from 1945 to 1959. He was a close friend of C.S. Lewis, a fellow member of the informal literary discussion group The Inklings. On 28 March 1972, Tolkien was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II.
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.
Not all those who wander are lost.
Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars, not if you care for such things.
