Éomer his sister Éowyn were adopted by their uncle Théoden, king of the Rohirrim. He first appears in "The Two Towers" as the leader of the "éored" who attacked and killed the Uruk-hai who had kidnapped the hobbits Meriadoc Brandybuck and Peregrin Took. He helps Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas by providing them two horses, Hasufel and Arod, and guiding them to the spot where the attack had taken place. On his return to Edoras, Éomer reports this meeting to Théoden, and is promptly imprisoned on the orders of Gríma Wormtongue, Théoden's sinister advisor. Gríma kept the king in a sickly stupor
John Gamgee John Gamgee John Gamgee (1831–1894) was a British veterinarian and inventor. Gamgee was born in Florence, the son of Joseph Gamgee (1801-1895), a Scottish veterinarian, and his wife, Mary Ann West (1799-1873). He was a sibling of Arthur Gamgee a biochemist and Dr Sampson Gamgee a surgeon and pioneer of aseptic surgery. Gamgee was educated at a number of institutions across Italy, Germany and Switzerland before graduating from the Royal Veterinary College in London. Appointed by the Privy Council to study a problem in cattle, he identified the threat of rinderpest from imported Baltic cows. He was the developer of