77 Facts About Tolkien family

Tolkien family is an English family of German descent whose best-known member is JR R Tolkien, Oxford academic and author of the fantasy books The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion.

JR R Tolkien suggested the name was derived from the German adjective tollkuhn, meaning foolhardy.

Tolkien family originated in the East Prussian town Kreuzburg near Konigsberg, where the Tolkien name is attested since the 16th century.

The verified paternal line of JR R Tolkien starts with Michel Tolkien, born around 1620 in Kreuzburg.

Michel's son Christianus Tolkien family was a wealthy miller in Kreuzburg.

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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien family CBE was an English philologist, writer and professor at the University of Oxford.

Much of Tolkien family's published fiction is a connected body of tales, fictional histories, invented languages, and literary essays about an imagined world called Arda, and Middle-earth in particular, loosely identified as an "alternative" remote past of our own world.

Tolkien family applied the word legendarium to the totality of these writings.

Tolkien family was the eldest child of John Benjamin Tolkien and Mary Jane Stow, who had married on 16 February 1856 in All Saints Parish Church, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.

Tolkien family's father had been a piano teacher and tuner, as well as a music seller, but he had gone bankrupt in 1877, when he was described as "John Benjamin Tolkien, of High-street, Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, Pianoforte and Music Seller".

Mabel Tolkien family felt the English climate would be better for the boys' health and returned to England with them in 1895.

Tolkien family is buried in President Brand Cemetery, on the corner of Church and Rhodes Avenues, Bloemfontein.

The Suffield Tolkien family had a business in a building called Lamb House since 1812.

Tolkien family taught him a great deal of botany, and she awakened in her son the enjoyment of the look and feel of plants.

Tolkien family taught him how to write, and her ornate script influenced her son's handwriting in his later life.

Mabel Tolkien converted to Catholicism in 1900 despite vehement protests by her Baptist family who then stopped all financial assistance to her.

Tolkien family died of acute complications of diabetes in 1904, when Tolkien was twelve, at Fern Cottage in Rednal, which they were then renting.

Tolkien family served as the inspiration for his fictional character Luthien Tinuviel, an Elven princess and the most beautiful of all the Children of Iluvatar.

Tolkien family once chased Ronald for plucking mushrooms from his farm.

In 1902, the Tolkien family moved to 26 Oliver Road in Edgbaston, Birmingham and later they both joined St Philip's School in Birmingham.

In late September 1914, JR R Tolkien stayed with his aunt and brother at the farm for a few days.

Tolkien family was educated at the Dragon School, Oxford, and The Oratory School in Caversham, Berkshire, where in his final year he decided to become a priest.

Tolkien family was parish priest at Knutton Roman Catholic Church from 1957 to 1966.

Tolkien family held the position until 1987 and there oversaw the building of a new school.

Tolkien family was chairman of governors at Bishop Bright School, chaplain to the North Staffordshire Catholic Teachers Association and area chaplain to the Young Christian Students.

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Tolkien family moved back to Oxford in 1987, settling in Eynsham, where he was the parish priest at St Peter's Catholic Church until his retirement in 1994.

Father Tolkien family served in parishes in Oxford, Birmingham, and Warwickshire.

In 1992, they released a book titled The Tolkien Family Album containing photographs and memories of the Tolkien family and giving an account of their father's life to celebrate the centenary birth anniversary of JR R Tolkien.

Michael Hilary Reuel Tolkien family was a British teacher.

Tolkien family was JR R Tolkien's second son and was named after JR R Tolkien's brother Hilary.

In 1941, Michael Hilary Tolkien family served in an anti-aircraft role during the Battle of Britain for which he was awarded the George Medal.

Tolkien family met a nurse named Joan Audrey Griffith whom he married the same year.

In 1973, Michael Tolkien published an article about his father in The Sunday Telegraph: "JR R Tolkien – The Wizard Father".

Tolkien family is best known as his father's literary executor; he is the editor of much of his father's posthumously published work.

Tolkien family said he did not disapprove of the movies, definitely not "to the point of thinking ill" of those with whom he might disagree.

Tolkien family last lived in France with his second wife, Baillie Tolkien.

Tolkien family produced a bust of JR R Tolkien that is displayed in the English Faculty Library at Oxford University.

Faulconbridge, whom JR R Tolkien knew as a fellow student from King Edward's School, Birmingham.

Tolkien family received her B A degree from St Anne's College, Oxford, in 1950 and later studied sculpture-making from Oxford Art School.

Tolkien family was initially known for portrait heads in bronze, some of which she presented in the Royal Academy in 1958.

Tolkien family made a bust of her father-in-law which the English faculty at Oxford presented to him on his retirement in 1959.

Tolkien family had it cast in bronze and in 1966 it was placed at the English Faculty Library.

Tolkien family separated from Christopher in 1964 and divorced from him in 1967.

Tolkien family was born in Winnipeg to Dr Alan Klass and his wife Helen.

Tolkien family received her M A from St Hilda's College, Oxford, in 1964.

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Tolkien family's first husband was Brian Knapheis, a Rhodes Scholar from Winnipeg, to whom she was briefly married.

Priscilla Mary Anne Reuel Tolkien was born on 18 June 1929, died 28 February 2022 and was the fourth and youngest child of JR R Tolkien, his only daughter.

Tolkien family took an active part in production of The Lord of the Rings by typing out some early chapters for her father at the age of fourteen.

Tolkien family completed her B A degree in English at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford in 1951.

Tolkien family accompanied her father to a two-week holiday in Italy from late July to mid-August 1955.

Tolkien family was, until her death, the honorary vice-president of the Tolkien Society.

Tolkien family wrote an article titled "My Father the Artist" in December 1976 for Amon Hen, the bulletin of the Tolkien Society.

In 1992, she and John published the book The Tolkien Family Album containing pictures of the Tolkien family to celebrate the 100th birth anniversary of their father.

Tolkien family launched the special Tolkien edition Royal Mail stamps commemorating her father's works in February 2004.

Michael George Reuel Tolkien family was born on 1943 and is a British poet.

Michael Tolkien family was educated at The Oratory School in Oxford and then Ampleforth College.

Tolkien family studied English and Classics at St Andrews University and later a B Phil.

Tolkien family taught as Head of English at Uppingham School until 1992.

Michael Tolkien family has two daughters, Catherine, born in 1969 and Ruth, born in 1982.

Simon Mario Reuel Tolkien family was born on 1959 and is a British barrister and novelist.

Tolkien family is the only son of Christopher Tolkien and his first wife, Faith Faulconbridge.

Simon Tolkien family was educated at the Dragon School in Oxford and then Downside School.

Tolkien family has published several books on vintage clothing and jewellery.

Tolkien family's second published work, The Inheritance, was published in 2010.

Simon Tolkien family notably disagreed with the policy of his grandfather's estate in regard to The Lord of the Rings films.

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Royd Allan Reuel Tolkien is a great-grandson of JR R Tolkien.

Tolkien family was born on 16 July 1969 to Joan Tolkien and Hugh Baker.

Royd Tolkien family produced a film titled Pimp, wherein he plays himself.

Tolkien family co-produced a mockumentary video film titled Tontine or possibly Tontine Massacre.

Tolkien family had a brother, Michael "Mike" Baker, who was born in 1975 and suffered from motor neurone disease.

Tolkien family appears during a scene in which Beorn and Gandalf are discussing the catacombs where the Nazgul were buried.

Ruth Mary Reuel Tolkien is a great-granddaughter of JR R Tolkien.

Ruth Tolkien family is registered blind and is believed to be the only blind fencer competing against sighted opponents in British Fencing events.

Timothy Tolkien was born on October 1962 and is the great-nephew of JR R Tolkien and the grandson of Hilary Tolkien.

Tolkien family is a sculptor who has designed several monumental sculptures, including the award-winning Sentinel.

Tolkien family has a public art and metal sculpture business at Cradley Heath, West Midlands.

Tolkien family is a bass player and member of the band Klangstorm, founded in 1996.