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J. R. R. Tolkien

English writer and philologist (1892–1973).

Born January 3rd, 1892 in Bloemfontein. [ref]

Died September 2nd, 1973 at 81 years old in Bournemouth (bronchopneumonia, ulcer). [ref]

Occupations
author, children's writer, essayist, historian, illustrator, librettist, linguist, literary critic, literary historian, military officer, novelist, philologist, poet, prose writer, teacher, translator, university teacher, writer
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