Thats right, on this day in 1892 J. R. R. Tolkien was born. His full name was John Ronald Reuel Tolkien and he was actually born in Africa, though his family was British. Lets learn some other fun facts~
*He once barged into his classroom in full chain mail armor at the beginning of the class
*He was kind of horrified by his own fame. He considered himself a scholar first and a writer second, so it kind of pissed him off that people knew him only for his fiction works.
*He was a romantic! He met the love of his life when he was 16, married her at 21, and spent the rest of his life with her.
*He was a war veteran, having served in World War I
*He invented languages for fun (not surprising considering the language of the Elves in LOTR)
*By age 12 he was an orphan, his father having died rheumatic fever and his mother of diabetes
*During his first semester at Oxford for a prank he stole a city bus and took his friends on a joyride
*When his son, Michael, joined the army he listed his father's occupation as "wizard"
Have you seen the Hobbit movie yet? I haven't yet, but I hope to soon!
*He once barged into his classroom in full chain mail armor at the beginning of the class
*He was kind of horrified by his own fame. He considered himself a scholar first and a writer second, so it kind of pissed him off that people knew him only for his fiction works.
*He was a romantic! He met the love of his life when he was 16, married her at 21, and spent the rest of his life with her.
*He was a war veteran, having served in World War I
*He invented languages for fun (not surprising considering the language of the Elves in LOTR)
*By age 12 he was an orphan, his father having died rheumatic fever and his mother of diabetes
*During his first semester at Oxford for a prank he stole a city bus and took his friends on a joyride
*When his son, Michael, joined the army he listed his father's occupation as "wizard"
Have you seen the Hobbit movie yet? I haven't yet, but I hope to soon!
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