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J. R. R. Tolkien Tolkien was born on 3 January 1892 in Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State (now Free State Province in South Africa) to Mabel (née Suffield) and Arthur Reuel Tolkien, an English bank manager. His parents left England when his father was promoted to head the Bloemfontein office of the British bank for which he worked. Tolkien had one sibling, his younger brother, Hilary Arthur Reuel, who was born on 17 February 1894. At the age of three, Tolkien's father died of rheumatic fever, and his mother took he and his brother to live with her parents, John and Edith Jane Suffield, in Kings Heath, Birmingham. His maternal grandparents were Baptists and owned a shop in the city center.
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J. R. R. Tolkien J. R. R. Tolkien. (Redirected from Tolkien) John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE, FRSL (/ˈtɒlkiːn/; 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor who is best known as the author of the classic high-fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.
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Birth & Family Also born to the Kings were first-born Christine, now Mrs. Isaac Farris, Sr., and the King's third child Reverend Alfred Daniel Williams King, now deceased. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s maternal grandparents were the Reverend Adam Daniel Williams, second pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church, and Jenny Parks Williams.
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Paul and Erlend Thorfinnsson Paul Thorfinnsson (died after 1098) and Erlend Thorfinnsson (died after 1098) ruled together as Earls of Orkney. Paul and Erlend Thorfinnsson were the sons of Thorfinn Sigurdsson and Ingibiorg Finnsdottir. Through Ingibiorg's father Finn Arnesson and his wife, the family was related to the Norwegian Kings Olav II and Harald II. Their lives and times are recounted in the Orkneyinga Saga.
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- Thrain THRáIN ii was the father Of Thorin, oakenshield and the son Of King. Thror thrór he became heir of The lost king Under the Mountain and King'of Durin s Folk AS thrain thráin ii When his father thror Thrór, was murdered in moria and he was A direct Descendant. of durin the deathless
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Parents Wilbur and Orville were the third and sixth born of seven children. 1  Reuchlin Wright, born 1861. 2  Some historians are of the opinion the Reuch was the black sheep of the Wright family and have painted him as being at loggerheads with his father Milton.
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- Mini Bio (1) Jimi Hendrix was born on November 27, 1942 in Seattle, Washington, to African-American parents Lucille (Jeter) and James Allen Hendrix. His mother named him John Allen Hendrix and raised him alone while his father, Al Hendrix, was off fighting in World War II.
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Jonathan Crombie (1966â2015) Jonathan Crombie (1966–2015) Jonathan Crombie was born on Wednesday, October 12th, 1966, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was the baby of the family (he had two older sisters). His parents are David and Shirley Ann. Jonathan never intended on becoming an actor but he was spotted in a high school production of The Wizard of Oz by casting director Diane Polley. She also ...
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J.R.R. Tolkien Tolkien was awarded a CBE (Commander of the British Empire) by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace on March 28, 1972. The grave of J.R.R. and Edith Tolkien. Edith Tolkien died on November 29, 1971, at the age of eighty-two, and Tolkien had the name Luthien lúthien engraved on the stone At Wolvercote, Cemetery. oxford
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- Author JRR Tolkien’s experiences in the Battle of the Somme served as a harrowing inspiration for the long and bloody battle scenes in his books. Tolkien is credited with being the father of fantasy, with his most famous series of books, The Lord of the Rings, going on to become one of the most important works of modern literature and the basis for the role playing game genre.
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Jor-El Jor-El was able to save his infant son Kal-El (Superman) by sending him in a homemade spaceship towards Earth just moments before Krypton exploded. After constructing his Fortress of Solitude, Superman honored his deceased biological parents with a statue of Jor-El and Lara holding up a globe of Krypton.
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- Tolkien settled in England as a child, going on to study at Exeter College. While teaching at Oxford University, he published the popular fantasy novels The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy. The works have had a devoted international fan base and been adapted into award-winning blockbuster films.
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Obituaries JRR Tolkien is a famous author who was known for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, both of which were made into movies. He was born on January 3rd, 1892 and died o…n September 2nd 1973. Tolkien was a professor at the University of Oxford. He was the author of The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
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Notes on Robin Williamsâs ancestry The obituary of Robin’s mother, there called Laurie McLaurin Janin Williams, identifies her as the daughter of Robert Armistead Janin and Laura McLaurin Berry Janin Smith.
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- Executive summary: Lord of the Rings. Military service: Lancashire Fusiliers (WWI, 1915-18). J.R.R. Tolkien is the author of the most famous and influential of swords-and-sorcery fiction works: The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings books The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King.xecutive summary: Lord of the Rings. Military service: Lancashire Fusiliers (WWI, 1915-18). J.R.R. Tolkien is the author of the most famous and influential of swords-and-sorcery fiction works: The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings books The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King.
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- In 1925, Tolkien was appointed Professor of the English Language at Leeds, although he was considered very young for the position. In the same year, he was hired as Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford. The Tolkiens moved back to Oxford, where their youngest child, Priscilla, was born in 1929. Tolkien spent the rest of his professional life at Oxford.
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J. R. R. Tolkien J. R. R. Tolkien was a professor at England's Oxford University and a respected scholar of medieval literature.But he is best known as the author of the fantasy novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892, in Bloemfontein, South Africa.At the age of three he moved with his mother to Sarehole, a village outside Birmingham, England.. R. R. Tolkien was a professor at England's Oxford University and a respected scholar of medieval literature.
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Jor-El Jor-El (also known as Jor-L or Jordan Kent in the Golden Age) is a fictional character appearing in titles published by DC Comics. A Kryptonian, Jor-El is Superman's biological father, the husband of Lara, and a leading scientist on the planet Krypton before its destruction.
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- My name is Silanna daughter of Thorin Oakenshield King Under the Mountain. My younger brother is Eruantien, he is everything to me. My mother is Tawariell of the Dunedain. Dúnedain her beauty is unmatched by any and her heart is greater then. Any my father is in my eyes the Greatest king to ever Rule. erebor
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Jennifer Yocham, J. B. Poersch Jr. The bridegroom, who is known as J.B., graduated from Providence College. He is a son of Patricia Robbins Poersch of Schenectady, N.Y., and the late Mr. Poersch Sr. His mother is a retired reading teacher for learning-disabled children at the Child Research and Study Center at the State University at Albany.
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Kents Hiram Kent (1924-1980) was the father of Jonathan Kent and Clark's adoptive grandfather. He was a farmer, like all the Kent men. He and his wife Jessica unknowingly met young Jor-El under the alias of Joe and saved him from going to jail for being framed for murder.
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J. R. R. Tolkien He retired from teaching in 1959 and began to revise The Silmarillion. In 1968, he and Edith moved to Bournemouth, a middle-class British resort town. Edith died in 1971 from complications of gall-bladder illness, and Tolkien moved back to Oxford, where he died in 1973.
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The Fall of Gondolin, 'new' JRR Tolkien book, to be published in 2018 Digested read Beren and Lúthien by JRR Tolkien (ed: Christopher Tolkien) – digested read. John Crace ventures to Middle-earth to retrieve a shorter version of the elf legend that Christopher Tolkien, son of JRR the Hobbit, found there. Published: 23 Jul 2017. Beren and Lúthien by JRR Tolkien (ed: Christopher Tolkien) – digested read.
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Biography Son of painter Virginia Admiral and abstract expressionist Robert De Niro Sr.. Despite being raised Presbyterian, Virginia was an atheist for most of Robert's childhood. Robert Sr. was raised Catholic but was not religious in any way. After De Niro was born, his father Robert Sr. came out as a homosexual and eventually divorced Robert's mother.
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- John Jr. was born on February 27, 1902, in Salinas, California. He was of German, English, and Irish descent. Johann Adolf Grosssteinbeck, Großsteinbeck'steinbeck s paternal, grandfather had shortened the family name To steinbeck when he emigrated to The United. states
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Middle-earth Enterprises Middle-earth Enterprises, formerly known as Tolkien Enterprises, is a trading name for a division of The Saul Zaentz Company, located in Berkeley, California. The company owns the worldwide exclusive rights to certain elements of J. R. R. Tolkien 's two most famous literary works: The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.