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. Roberts R. J. Roberts R. J. Roberts (born August 24, 1989) is a former professional Canadian football defensive end. He played college football at Troy University. Roberts played for the Troy Trojans from 2007-2011. He spent a year as a redshirt in 2008 for academic eligibility reasons, and another year as a redshirt in 2010. In early 2011, he was dismissed from the program due to an unspecified violation of team rules. Between the 2007 and 2009 seasons, he accumulated 14 tackles and one blocked kick. In 2011, Roberts played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the CFL. He recorded one tackle