John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE (/ˈtɒlkiːn/ tol-keen;[a] 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high-fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion. He served as the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon and Fellow ofPembroke College, Oxford, from 1925 to 1945 and Merton Professor of English Language and Literature and Fellow of Merton College, Oxford from 1945...
Place of Birth: Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa
Date of Birth: Jan 3, 1892
Date of Death: Feb 9, 1973
J.R.R. Tolkien: Master of the Rings - The Definitive Guide to the World of the Rings
Himself (archive footage)