He essentially inspired every epic fantasy author after him. Read: every epic fantasy author after him copied names, sometimes plot structure, and race/characters. Christopher Paolini, R.A. Salvatore, Guy Gavriel Kay, etc.
He is most famous for writing the Lord of the Rings.
J.R.R. Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892
LOTR was not inspired by a Greek myth. Tolkien wrote it as mythology for England
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Yes. 'The Lord of the Rings' along with the other Tolkien writing related to Middle-earth are a legend (or legendarium), and, collectively, it is also know as mythology or fantasy.
He is mostly famous for his Middle-earth books, most commonly known The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
The "Lord of the Rings" trilogy is based on the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien.
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'The World of the Rings: Language, Religion, and Adventure in Tolkien' is a book written by Jared Lobdell as a commentary on 'The Lord of the Rings' and the entire legendarium of J.R.R. Tolkien. .
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Tolkien was a Roman Catholic, but he repeatedly stated throughout his life that this did not affect his writing in any way. The cosmology of the Lord of the Rings as detailed in the Silmarillion is clearly not compatible with Catholic theology.