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A man brought from South Africa Bloemfontein, to England in April,1895 will make a new era in writing .J.R.R. Tolkien was in fact one of the leading philologists of his day .He ushered in a new style of writing for writer’s during and after his time .He opened every ones eyes, he is the alter of the hand some call him .J.R.R. Tolkien was a philologist in the literal sense of the word: ’Lover of Language’.
Tolkien was the son of two English born parents .He was born on January 3,1892, his father was Arthur Reuel who’s occupation was a bank teller, his mother Mabel (Suffield) Tolkien how ever was unemployed .Tho he was born in Bloemfontein south Africa, his nationality was british. Tolkien was also a devout roman catholic through out his life. His father died when he was four years old of peritonitis. Him and his younger brother Hilary moved to the country hamlet with his mother, to sarehole in Birmingham, England. Their mother died in 1904 so him and his brother were sent to live with a relative in boarding home’s. A catholic priest was assuming guardianship.
As the years progressed Tolkien went on to get his first class degree at Exeter Collage, specializing in Anglo-Saxon and Germanic languages and class literature. He later enlisted as a lieutenant in the Lancashire Fusiliers and served in world war one , while …show more content…

He wrote the Lord Of The Rings series from 1954 to 1956. This trilogy has 6-9 volumes and 1-4 subseries. The trilogy did not get widespread attention until 1966. Tolkien retired from writing in 1959 but he did not get his reputation until the 1960’s and 1970’s. At this time he was seen as a cult figure among youths disillusioned and technological age. His work has been translated into the worlds major languages. What made his writing so popular was him being so devoted to it. Tolkien’s influence on fantasy and science fiction was

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