Took clan and for the same reason they were one of the richer clans. The Wizard Gandalf was a known, if disreputable, associate. Bilbo Baggins and Meriadoc Brandybuck both had Took mothers, and Frodo Baggins had a Took grandmother. In the opening chapter of "The Hobbit", Tolkien suggests that a distant Took ancestor took a Fairy for a wife, possibly accounting for their 'unexpected behaviors'. However, he immediately notes that such a supposition was ridiculous. Notes: Took clan In J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, the Took clan () was one of the most famous Hobbit families. Pippin of the Fellowship of
Arthur Gamgee disease", published in 1880. Arthur Gamgee was fluent in French, German, and Italian. On 29 March 1909, he died of pneumonia during a visit to Paris. He was buried in the family vault in Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bristol. He married Mary Louisa Clark in 1875. He was the brother of John Gamgee and Joseph Sampson Gamgee and uncle of D'Arcy Thompson. Arthur Gamgee Prof Arthur Gamgee FRS FRSE (11 October 1841 – 29 May 1909) was a British biochemist. Arthur Gamgee was the youngest of eight children of Joseph Gamgee, an Edinburgh-born veterinarian and pathologist and his wife Mary Ann