J. R. R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (3 Æfterra Gēola, 1892 – 2 Hāligmōnaþ, 1973) ƿæs scōlere geþēoda and geþēodcræftes, leornere, and ƿrītere Þæs Holbytlan and his æftergengena: Se Hlāford þāra Hringa. Hē ƿæs leorningcniht æt Ēadƿeardes Cyninges Scōle, Beorminghāme. Fram 1925 oþ 1945, ƿorhte hē sƿā Professor þǣre Ealdan Engliscan sprǣce æt þǣm University Oxanfordes, and sƿā Professor Nīƿre engliscre sprǣce and Stæfcræftes, ēac æt Oxanforde, of 1945 tō 1959. Hē ƿæs scīnende ƿordbōcmann and andƿīs in þǣm Engliscum and Norrenum geþēodum. Hē þone bōclican smēaungcircule þā Inklingas tōlōcode, þus hæfde hē strangan frēondscipe mid C. S. Leƿise. Toēacan þǣm mǣrum geƿeorcum (Se Holbytla and Se Hlāford þāra Hringa) Tolkien ƿrāt ymbe ōðra bēc, þæt his sunu hæfþ æfter his dēaðe onlīesed, ymbe þā angetimbrodan ƿorulde Middangeardes (on Nīƿum englisce: "Middle-earth"), þǣr his spell ƿeorþaþ, tō bisene Se Silmarillion. Sēo þrohtge mǣrsung þissa bōca cȳþaþ Tolkiene sƿā fæder þæs todæges high fantasy genres.