Peregrin Took the Shire, and thus achieved much greater fame in their homeland than Frodo. In , Pippin married Diamond of Long Cleeve, when she was 32 and he was 37. They had one son, Faramir, who later married Samwise Gamgee's daughter Goldilocks. Pippin's father died in , and Pippin became 32nd Thain of the Shire. He held that position for 51 years. In Pippin retired, and was succeeded by his son Faramir. In the same year his friend Merry stepped down as Master of Buckland, and the two Hobbits travelled to Rohan and Gondor. After they died in Gondor several years
Arthur Gamgee 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 West. He was born in Florence, Italy, where his father had a practice nearby in Leghorn. His family moved back to England when he was fourteen years old. He was educated at University College School in London and at the University of Edinburgh, graduating with an MD in 1862. For his thesis, "Contributions to the Chemistry and Physiology of Foetal Nutrition",