Samwise Gamgee is a fictional character in JR R Tolkien's Middle-earth.
12 Facts About Samwise Gamgee
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Samwise Gamgee was drawn into Frodo's adventure while eavesdropping on a private conversation Frodo was having with the wizard Gandalf.
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The name Samwise Gamgee derives from a local name for cotton wool, from a surgical dressing invented by Sampson Samwise Gamgee; hence Sam's girlfriend Rosie is from the Cotton family.
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Samwise Gamgee was Frodo Baggins's gardener, having inherited the position from his father, Hamfast "Gaffer" Gamgee, who was Bilbo Baggins's gardener.
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Samwise Gamgee's suspicions were proven right when Gollum betrayed them to the giant spider Shelob.
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Samwise Gamgee was momentarily tempted by its promise of power, but did not succumb to it.
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Samwise Gamgee went up and down the Shire in this labour; but if he paid special attention to Hobbiton and Bywater no one blamed him.
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Samwise Gamgee's trees began to sprout and grow, as if time was in a hurry and wished to make one year do for twenty.
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The choice of Samwise Gamgee was primarily directed by alliteration; but I did not invent it.
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Tolkien claimed to be genuinely surprised when, in March 1956, he received a letter from one Sam Samwise Gamgee, who had heard that his name was in The Lord of the Rings but had not read the book.
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Samwise Gamgee sent Gamgee a signed copy of all three volumes of the book.
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Samwise Gamgee's descendants took the surname Gardner in his honour.