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. Hopper participated in the Research Seminar in Archaeology and Related Subjects at University of Sheffield In 1979, he also wrote the book "Trade and Industry in Ancient Greece" which, along with his other books, has been recited several times. Hopper was an elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA). R. J. Hopper Robert John Hopper, FSA (1910 – 3 July 1987), known as R. J. Hopper, was an archaeologist and historian of Ancient Greece. He was Professor of Ancient History at the University of Sheffield. He was Dean of the university's Faculty of Arts from 1967 to 1970.