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J. R. R. Tolkien
English philologist and author (1892–1973).
Born January 3rd, 1892 in Bloemfontein. [ref]
Died September 2nd, 1973 at 81 years old in Bournemouth (pneumonia). [ref]
Occupations
author, children's writer, essayist, historian, illustrator, linguist, literary critic, military officer, poet, prosaist, teacher, translator, university teacher, writer
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