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J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist
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dead
- born
- 1892
- died
- 1973
- age at death
- 81
- known for
- linguist, poet, university teacher
1892 – 1973
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who j. r. r. tolkien is
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English writer and academic philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954–1955).
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