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J. R. R. Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein[1]. He died in Bournemouth[2]. He worked as a linguist[3], poet[4], university teacher[5], children's writer[6], and translator[7]. He ranks in the top 0.095% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (118,082 views/month, #953 of 1,000,298).[8]
Key Facts
Place of burial: Oxford[9], Wolvercote Cemetery[10]
Field of work: literature[34], English-language literature[35], fantasy literature[36], linguistics[37], history of literature[38]
Position held: Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon[39]
Employer: University of Oxford[40], University of Leeds[41], Oxford English Dictionary[42]
Educated at: University of Oxford[43], Exeter College[44], King Edward's School[45], St. Philip's School[46]
Award received: Commander of the Order of the British Empire[47], Prometheus Award - Hall of Fame[48], Nebula Award for Best Script[49], Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel[50], Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation[51], Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form[52], Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature[53], Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame[54], Ditmar Award[55], Mythopoeic Awards[56], International Fantasy Award for Best Fiction[57], Mythopoeic Fantasy Award[58]
Religion or worldview: traditionalist Catholicism[59], Catholicism[60]
J. R. R. Tolkien has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[72] He is known by 101 alternative names across languages and contexts.[73]
He has been cited as an influence by Peter Thiel[74], a financier[75], b. 1967[76], of New Zealand[77], awarded the Frank Schirrmacher Award[78], specialised in investment[79]; George R. R. Martin[80], a writer[81], b. 1948[82], of United States[83], awarded the Nebula Award for Best Novelette[84]; C. S. Lewis[85], a writer[86], 1898–1963[87], of United Kingdom[88], awarded the honorary doctorate at the Laval University[89], specialised in writing[90]; Ursula K. Le Guin[91], a writer[92], 1929–2018[93], of United States[94], awarded the Margaret Edwards Award[95], specialised in fiction[96]; Christopher Tolkien[97], a writer[98], 1924–2020[99], of United Kingdom[100], awarded the Bodley Medal[101], specialised in fantasy[102]; and Robert Jordan[103], a military officer[104], 1948–2007[105], of United States[106], awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross[107].
Works attributed to him include The Lord of the Rings[108], The Hobbit[109], The Silmarillion[110], The Fellowship of the Ring[111], The Return of the King[112], and The Two Towers[113].
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