J. R. R. Tolkien J. R. R. Tolkien John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, (; 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". He served as the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon and Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford, from 1925 to 1945 and Merton Professor of English Language and Literature and Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, from 1945 to 1959. He was at one time a close friend of C. S. Lewis—they were both
R. J. Stanford claimed off waivers by the Miami Dolphins on September 1, 2012. He suffered a broken leg in a Week 14 matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers on December 7, 2013. On March 24, 2014, Stanford signed a one-year deal worth $805,000 with the Cincinnati Bengals. The Bengals released Stanford on August 25, 2014. Stanford signed with the Miami Dolphins on November 25, 2014. On July 28, 2015, Stanford signed with the Detroit Lions. R. J. Stanford Raymond "R. J" Perry Stanford (born May 6, 1988) is a former American football cornerback. Stanford was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the seventh